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Re: pic: New gearbox CAD

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
What is the advantage over the toughbox?

I like the CIM mounts. That's a very compact way to do it.
The weight savings and more custom ratios.

A big difference is one is made for mass production and one is made to build a few of. The cost to mass produce something like this would be quite a bit greater then the price of the Toughbox (e.g. more machining).
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