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Originally Posted by Type
Recently, our team has kind of moved up and have become better, so we have been looking at more types of drivetrains.
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Your team certainly has moved up! WMRI should be a lot of fun next month.
Let's get together there a talk drive trains. I think the
WCP DS is a great place to start the discussion, and have considered it the strongest COTS alternative since it came out.
Like your team, mine has yet to run a shifting gearbox in competition. Maybe 2017 will be the year.
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edit: Jay's explanation (above) is spot-on. A 2-ratio gearbox lets your driver go faster unopposed, and shift down to deal with resistance. How fast and how far down are the interesting details. I like the DS because it offers quite a few options.
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