pic: Four Speed Three CIM Gearbox

[zinthorne]

Sorry for me asking, but what is a PTO gearbox?

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by zinthorne

Sorry for me asking, but what is a PTO gearbox?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_take-off

[asid61]

Originally Posted by zinthorne

Sorry for me asking, but what is a PTO gearbox?

They're used to transfer power from the drivetrain, which usually has a lot of power to spare, to other mechanisms, usually for an endgame.
Lifting oneself in 2013 could be accomplished using all 6 cims in a drivetrain, for example.

[Ryan Dognaux]

This is really cool. If you can find the machining resources to make one I would totally do it as an off-season project. Sure it may not be the most practical thing for the competition season but you'll learn a lot while doing it. You could also design up a 2 speed variant and make that too and do a comparison - maybe even post a white paper so we can all learn about it. Good stuff!