Thread: Toughbox Torque
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Re: Toughbox Torque

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Originally Posted by theprgramerdude View Post
I've known about bike-like limitations. I believe it would be feasible to incorporate into the reversable gearbox a neutral position, which would act as a type of clutch, allowing the sprockets to spin freely without any connection to the wheels/treads/legs/etc.
That would probably work but it could be rather inconvenient to have to put it into neutral to change gears to start moving.

It would be a really cool design challenge though.
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