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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
Love 222's ball shifter. Nice refinement. Now if you could get it to shift with a servo that could free up a lot of weight for years when air is not needed. Also I've always looked at the round recess in the gears and wondered about the forces on the gears and balls when engaging and disengaging. Would a v slot work better?
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We went with the design that the Hodaka motorcycle had which was the ball shape. It hasn't given us a problem, ever, so why fix it if it isn't broken
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As far as the cylinder vs. servo:
It has been discussed here on CD somewhere before but I still hold the KISS belief in mind. In. Out. No question. A servo can do it, but I personally don't want to risk a low back up battery costing the team a match. Plus with how much I shift out on the field, we would probably have to switch backup batteries every match. Thats just another thing to worry about when we don't have to.