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Re: gearbox calculator

As I was reading through this thread I have been wondering. On a single speed 4 or 6 cim drive, would the acceleration benifit from having 1 of the cims in each gearbox geared differently? In the excel calculator it makes some significant improvemants, however I am not sure the program was meant to handle this situation.

My main worry would be when the lower geard cim goes past its free speed rpm, would it hurt the motor or hinder the drivetrains ability?

Thanks for the awesome explanations so far.
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