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Re: What type of drive train did you make this year?
We built a 6 wheel drive train ruyn off of 2 CIMs per side through a custom one speed gearbox. We couldn't use the standard gearbox since we needed our CIMs to face eachother and have the output shaft go straight through. This shaft was then use to power a direct drive system. We used U-joints so our shafts could be at an angle so we could lower our center wheel by 1/32". The shaft then powered the wheels through custom-made miter gear-boxes.

It was a lot of work, but it has ended up being very effective. No chains to worry about throwing and noone has been able to push us. Even though we lost to them, in the final round, we pushed Adam-bots (245) all the way across the field with no problem.

I'll post pictures of our transmission later.

-Tony K
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