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12-03-2011, 16:08
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Re: Minibot climb rate
Why keep that silly gearbox? Take it all the way off, and you can be seeing times in the 1.4-1.8 range. Most of the gains are due to the loss of weight of the huge wheels, and the gearboxes, not the raising of efficiency.
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