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Re: pic: 2 Weeks Without Homework

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Originally Posted by Pikat View Post
Nice CAD! Why are the gearboxes turned 90-degrees from each other?
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Originally Posted by Stealth View Post
I think he means the cim motors. And yeah I have the same question. Is it just to reverse the direction of the wheels without programming?
It may just be an oversight, or a space consideration. Looks more like an oversight; I'd say those gearboxes could go in either way, as long as the chain worked.

But it isn't to reverse the direction of the wheels without programming. He'd have one gearbox out over the bumper area with both pointing the same direction if that was the goal.
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