Thread: Shifting Transmission: Auto or Manual?
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Re: Shifting Transmission: Auto or Manual?
Team 116 had an automatic shift built into the system early this season. We used supershifters and shifted based on the motor performance curves. But, we found that the shifting would catch the drivers by surprise and resulted in running into the wall a couple of times at high speed. So, we switched to manual selected by the fire trigger button on one of the joysticks.

But, we found that even with that modification, we never had a need to shift. There were so many robots and game pieces on the field that we really didn't need the high speed gearing. And, there wasn't much need for a pushing match either because of all of the penalties for incidental contact or zone incursion. So, for this game at least, all of the effort and weight for implementing a shifting drive train seems to have been for naught.