Thread: 3-motor transmissions
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Re: 3-motor transmissions
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Originally Posted by roystur44 View Post
The third motor could be shifted to a winch or roller pulley for example(power take off) and still have your main drive working.
Is there anywhere one can find some in depth information about how an FRC power take off would work? I know there are teams who have used them, IE 1114 in 2010, but I've never been able to find a paper or an explanation or a CAD of how they work.
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