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Originally Posted by richardmcc2

Has anyone ever experimented with having a sort of automatic transmission system? So, when the driver moves the joystick between neutral and halfpower, it's in low gear, but then it will automatically switch to high gear if you put the joystick to full forward? Or does everyone use a manual transmission controlled by a switch?

Team 33 did this with their 4 speed transmission in 2004. I think team 368 used a similar design in 2005. You might want to search for the threads about 33's transmission, as i believe they discussed the autoshifting in depth