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Originally Posted by CalTran
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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254/968 and 973 also had them off the top of my mind. 973 has their CAD posted so check that out if you want to see more in depth of how it works. Basically, there is an extra shifting stage on a different axle. It it's simplest form, this stage can either be in neutral or driving the PTO. Both 254/968 and 973 also incorporated anti-backdriving and PTO lock into their PTOs too(kidn of hard to explain, best to look at the 973 CAD). Both 254/968 and 973 had shifting gearboxes, so they also had a 3 position actuator on the drive shift so that they could place the shifting dog in the middle of the two shifting gears so that their wheels wouldn't turn when they were lifting.
254 build blogs are back in place:
http://team254.com/resources/. It's under FRC build.