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Originally Posted by apalrd
3. Have you heard of a CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) and it's cousin, the Thunderchickens CCT (Crazy Chicken Transmission)?
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My team is looking at using a type of CVT transmission next year. I did not know of any team trying something similar. If there is any information out there I would like to know.
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With my potential design plan I'm looking at, power can only be transmitted in one direction. Reverse the motor direction would do nothing to turn the drive shaft, like on a bike. Only goes forwards, not backwards. Actually, a bike is exactly what I'm looking at. It has 21 speeds to choose from, and the only problem is modifying it to work in reverse as well.
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How would you make it shift gears? In my experience bikes only shift gears while moving. If this is the case you could concievably get stuck in the really fast gear and be unable to shift into the gear with more torque and could end up not being able to get moving again.