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Re: pic: Secret City Wildbots Team 4265 Off-Season Drivetrain #1

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Originally Posted by JorgeReyes View Post
Why was it decided to have the gearboxes in an non symmetrical position?
Well for one it is symmetrical it has origin symmetry,but to answer your question it is because if they were together it would be nearly impossible to remove the motors with the long bot configuration. Whereas you would then need to widen the bot, and we just didn't want to have a widebot.
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