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Re: One speed vs Two speed gearboxes

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
Anecdotally, anything beyond a 2.5 split will stair having a significant "dip" between high and low gears, but it's been a while since I've looked at the issue in detail
I know that for the last few years, we've had high/low splits of right around 3:1 and free speeds of ~5/15 FPS, and I can't imagine wanting them to be any closer together than that. Even with only 4 CIMs, starting in high gear is fine and low can be almost exclusively reserved for pushing and fine control. A simple software adjustment like squaring the drive joystick values makes control in high gear noticeably more manageable, and if we were to change anything, I would say we would try to push it faster before deciding to slow it down.
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