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[frank_a]

Originally Posted by crazyone

As far as I know we recieved both design awards for our tranny at Annapoilis, I was not there, but I did get word of our acheivements. All of this was because of our Mechinist Bob. Unfortunatly, due to weight issues, we only had 2 gears ( I am unsure of this, please correct me if I'm wrong) to run with, but still the tranny proved it's value. THANKS BOB

Actually, we did still have three speeds. Removing a set of gears was something we talked about before shipping while sitting at the usual 132# with three days to go. Like always, we managed to loose weight without sacrificing vital functions.

On the awards...Friday's Delphi Driving Tomorrow's Technology award was primarily for the tranny and the way the students were able to describe it to the judges.

Saturday's Motorola Quality Award was the combination of the tranny, the robustness of the machine and the applicability of the overall design to the game.