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Originally Posted by DevenStonow
*I can't speak towards the actual success of the two speeds because there was something screwy with the servo shifting so they primarily stayed in the super slow low gear
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This brings up another point. To shift with COTS shifters, either pneumatics or servos are a requirement. Servo shifting is less than ideal, and pneumatics require some extra work to add to the robot. If a rookie team is already struggling to execute a design in 6 weeks, it simply makes sense for them to forgo the extra time and complexity of adding shifting in their drive train, especially if that alone would require the headaches of servo shifting or the extra work of adding pneumatics.