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Re: Gearing That Cannot Overcome Static Friction

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Originally Posted by Cuog
Out of curiosity why would one try this? I'm pretty sure that in a FIRST field a transmission that will stall motors when standing still would be very bad if someone ran into you or the driver wasn't paying attention not to mention that would be amazingly fast and again possibly dangerous to the robot and others.
I agree...what would be the purpose?? Seems kinda overkill and to be usefull you would need a shift on the fly to even need i say move
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