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Originally posted by John Bono
You must be joking. I suppose if one of those teams that can afford to live in a machine shop could do it, but there's not that good of a reason. Either you push or you zoom. Chances are your bot only has to do one of these during the match depending on its design. And I know our team isn't going to waste the valuable servo/pump to hook up the system.
For that matter, if you're asking that question this late, chances are you're pretty screwed.
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Just so you know, you should check the white papers on this site.
There are a number of gear switching desings that are posted on there... from numerous teams. Our team has posted 3 separate designs (with all details included) that shows the design of a gear shifting system. 2 include shifting while stopping and 1 includes shifting while moving. We have published one design during each of the last 3 summers, and these designs have been downloaded thousands of times.
We've been shifting gears since '99 and we will be again this year.
Andy B.