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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace
I vote for 148's Tumbleweed 2008 gearbox.
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+1! Much before my time in FRC, but it is certainly the most impressive competition gearbox I've seen, installed on the most iconic robot I've seen.
That said, I've been wondering lately if an utterly oddball skid-steer (two pneumatic or specially designed solid wheels on the right side with between 30 and 45 degrees negative camber and driven by 3 or 4 CIMs, and one vertical wheel on the left side driven by 2 CIMs, with a few percent difference in effective gear ratios on the sides) couldn't have run laps just as fast, or maybe even faster. Something like this as viewed from behind:
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Left wheel, 2 CIMs ----> | \ <----Right wheels, 4 CIMs