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Re: Engaging Gears Perpendicular to Shaft Direction?
i'm sure that some where in the CD gallery (2001, i thought), there is a picture of a robot that uses a 'swing' shifter that works like the one you described. I would that this sort of shifter might be better than a 'sliding' shifter, because the distance that the shifting mechanism would have to move a very short distance to engage the gear's teeth. of course, this could also work against you, for example if you are a little off on your calculations, you might end up engaging the gears for both high and low speed at the same time.
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