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Re: pic: Unobtainium 6wd - Cantilevered, Dead-Axle, Slot-Tensioned Drivetrain

This is very nice and simple but I'd be worried about the forces that cantilevered load is putting on a very small amount of aluminum. Id guess that over time either the hole in the aluminum would oval out or the angle itself would want to bend below 90 degrees. You may want to run some CAD analysis, but with me this doesn't pass the sniff test.
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