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Re: pic: 2 Speed Vex Transmission

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Originally Posted by sburro
I like the transmission and think the concept is nice for a VEX bot but if you were to bring it to a FRC comp, I see too many gears binding and breaking. I think you would have to shift it not on the fly. This is the only problem I see.
The tranmission works great actualy, though you are right about the gears breaking and binding. Its only a matter of time before they break, I actuly found some plastic shavings that fell off of it. Im probably going to rebuild it so it has at least 2 gears in contact together all the time so its a little more robust.

By the way, it HAS to shift on the fly, when the gears are rotating it helps mesh them together.
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