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Re: The in-wheel swerve shifter!

If you're willing to give up direction changes (as this drive does), there is a simpler way to get the same affect.

Run two parallel stages of reduction from the motor to module input with different ratios. Put all of the involved pulleys/gears on one way bearings.

When you drive on direction, power will be transmitted through set A while B free spins and vice versa.

Something I thought of that Aren Hill and I have been debating about for a while.