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Re: Slickest drive transmission yet...

I really must say that this is an awesome system. Congrats to team 33.

I've thought of automatic transmissions for a couple seasons now, and I never thought of monitoring output RPM. In my theoretical designs for an automatic transmission, I would have monitored current to the motor, and shift based on that information. At different gear ratios, the stall current of the motor is constant, and if you set upper and lower thresholds, you can shift up or down, depending completely on whether you need less or more pushing power, respectively. I'm sure it's more complicated than I'm making it sound, but as I said, I'm stuck in the realm of theory, here.

Just my take on the theory of an automatic transmission. With all of the talk of constructive vs. destructive criticism that went on recently, I want to say that I'm very impressed by this system. Again, many congratulations to 33.
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