Thread: Offseason WCD with 3 CIM inverted transmission design
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Re: Offseason WCD with 3 CIM inverted transmission design
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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence View Post
I considered it at first, but tensioning a gearbox wasn't really what I was looking to do, and that would require 3 separate belts with 3 separate pulleys. Plus I wasn't comfortable cantilevering pulleys 1.5" out on a CIM shaft. Overall gears were thinner, simpler, and the weight difference isn't a problem anyways.
Ahem. Seems to have worked out well for them.

Cool concept, I think I see some overdefinition issues with some gears though. Depending on the angle between the idler gears, they might or might not interfere.
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