[Mark Sheridan]

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.

Well we are trying to help teach OP that motors don't need that that support and they are designed to be cantilevered.

Furthermore the most time efficient way to loose weight from a design is not making feature you don't need in the first place. Plus this feature is just adding needless time to make the part.