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Originally Posted by Chris is me
The weight you're saving is so marginal (probably less than 0.2 pounds between the two gearboxes) that you might as well shape the plate like that and support the CIMs, even though the gearbox would still be functional without the support. If you need weight that badly, you'd probably be better off lightening all of the gears first.
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What about all the gear boxes that run completely cantilevered CIMs?
The OD of the cims isn't super precise anyway, so the plate either takes some iteration, over constrains and deflects the cims, or has a big air gap and would only contact during huge deflections.