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Originally Posted by Swampdude
I saw you adding those plates at Palmetto. Very cool. Seems you guys don't rest. But necessity (weight reduction in this case) breeds invention. When I see this, it makes me want my 2006 AM shifters to come like that. So the question is, say AM decides to make this an option. Do we have to pay 343 (or you Mark) royalties? Or are you going to let Andy and Mark benefit from your creativity? And Andy are you already on this page? Although the steel channel side plates probably help Andy and Mark to sleep at night as far as the safety factor margins. Losing 6 lbs is a big deal... Nice work Mark!
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These are good questions. Mark and team 343 has a great implementation of this idea. Their fork coupling is very elegant.
Keep in mind that there are some prior designs: Matt Reiland and team 226 have shifted their dog gears with servos for a couple of years. Also, back in 2000, we (team 45) shifted the Bosch gearbox with a servo.
We at AndyMark are working on a new, improved, less expensive AM Shifter for 2006. However, we still will offer our 2005 version.
Andy B.