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Re: pic: Shoebox Module Gearing

The shifter components surely are implemented quite neatly and overall it's well executed. However, I do have to ask how you see having two speeds for each wheel is necessary, especially the weight sacrifices that have to be made for having 4 separate shifting modules. From what i've seen, it's pretty much always preferred to have a high speed for the omnis, and a low speed for the tractions. So I have to ask why you wouldn't make each wheel a fix speed at lets say, 12fps for the omni and 7 fps for the traction.
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