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Re: pic: Four Speed Three CIM Gearbox

I'm still wondering what was up with that central gearbox that was later distributed. It appeared to be an essentially 1:1 gearbox which brought four CIMs together onto a single shaft, which was then redistributed around on four separate swerve shafts. It seems to me that it would have been easier and more efficient to put a CIM on each swerve shaft, but to include a sprocket which tied the four shafts to the same speed to allow redistribution of energy as needed (e.g. as loading increased on two wheels due to acceleration away from them).
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