11-04-2013, 23:24
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#StickToTheStratisQuo
AKA: Gregor Browning
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Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,447
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Re: Methods of shifting gears
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Originally Posted by lukedude43
thanks to everyone for all the information it's been incredibly helpful. Something that I didn't realize I left out is that this is a project to help me learn solidworks and because off that i'm gonna go with dog shifting just because of the easier design. Also if by some chance we actually made this instead of just buying some AM or VEX shifters, dog shifting would be easier for my team to do because they would be our first machined parts and it seems much easier to design than a ball shifter.
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Unless you have a really, really good reason, stick to COTS gearboxes.
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