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Re: 2012 drivetrain

We had a supershifted 6 wheel WCD with 6in wheels. We relied on the bridge for crossing from one side of the field to the other. We never had any issues with this. Even if there as a ball under the bridge we had enough power in low gear to simply crush it using the weight of the bot against the bridge.

Personally, I wouldn't change anything (except for using loctite on the clevice for the piston on the shifters, it came loose once o.O). We intend to use variants of this drive train in the years to come.
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