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Re: Design Feedback?

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I haven't had time to really look at the cad, but quick question, do you have access to a manual brake? If you could add a few flanges to a 1/8" gearbox plate, you can make it much stiffer. If you don't need to mount anything to the flanges for structural reasons, the bends don't even have to be particularly precise.
Yeah we do, but correct me if I'm wrong, flanges on the edges would only prevent the plates from twisting and bending, but the segments holding the bearing seats would still be able to flex