[EricH]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

[grandpa]
Back in my days, just about everyone's shiftin design incorporated offset pistons (team 45 being the notable exception). Granted, none of you whippersnappers use crash shifting designs these days.
[/grandpa]

[second grandpa]And that extended to the KOP shifters. You younguns think you've got it made with that single-speed gearbox and 6 CIMS? Back in my day, we got SHIFTING gearboxes in the Kit! And they shifted offset![/second grandpa]

And yes, those drill motor transmissions had to be shifted offset if you were going to shift. As I recall, my high school team ran a slider bar under ours to engage the shift ring and connected a short-throw cylinder to the other end.


This might be a good time to grab any engineering mentors you have and run through some numbers on buckling loads. I don't think it'll be too big of an issue, given a nice short distance and nice "light" load, but it's an opportunity to learn.