[quote=11 pistons... I will try to break it down in a fairly subtle manner. 2 for wings, 2 for center lift, 2 for rear lift, 2 for shifting
, 1 for ball grabber, 2 for elev release.[/QUOTE]
i have some expiriance with "shifting" in the transmition. our robot from last year shifted gears with two 2 stroke pistons. there was just one problem, we had alot of truble shifting from high to low and from low to high. the pistons pushed the gears back and forth just enough to mesh with the high and low gear. the problem we had was the gears wouldn't mesh, they would just hit into each other and spinn. this made the loudest sound 'cause the teethe of the gears would be rubbing up against eachother making the high pitched sound. i just wanted to know how you guys were shifting and if you had that problem. if you did have that problem, how did u solve it. my team eventualy solved it. we bought a sec of micro files and started fileing away at the gaps inbetween the teeth to make them mesh easier (dave lavery told us to do that one) but it still never worked rite.
by the way...i wish my team can wire like that...its amazing, it make me want to cry 