Direct Drive Four Motor System

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Now, as for the credibility of Holtzman's post, I remind you that it comes from someone that chose to buy a gearbox instead of building one. Not that their's anything wrong with that; it is a quite strategic decision. However, it does make for an interesting conversation point in the sense that I don't think buying a gearbox as opposed to building one provides anything to brag about. This is where our two teams differ. We have a drivetrain that is worthy of bragging about whereas I believe they do not.

Sanddrag,

First off, Tyler has never bragged about our drivetrain. He's a young man, who knows much about respect and humility. He would never would come here and make arrogant boasts about the drivetrain he helped design. That's not the way he, or our team operates.

As to your comments that our drivetrain isn't worthy about bragging about because the gearboxes were purchased, that is true we did buy AM shifters. This does not mean there wasn't any original engineering in our system. Your comment demeans all the hard work put into our design by our students and mentors. I don't believe that bragging on CD is in good taste, nor am I that desperate for attention to do so. But I do take pride in my team's design and work, as we all should be.

I urge everyone to be proud of their own designs. We all should take ownership of our work. I also urge people to share their designs, in hopes of inspiring other as Sanddrag mentioned. That being said, there is a line between sharing/explaining a design and repeatedly glorifying one's design in a self-admiring way. Let the design speak for itself. There's no need to shove it down anyone's throat. Follow the examples of people like JVN and Ian Mackenzie. These guys have designed amazing drive systems, and made the designs available to all. Do they come on CD and plug their design everyday? No of course not. Why? Because they're above that. Their egos don't need constant stroking, so they have no reason to resort to bragging.

Humility tends to take people places, pompous boasts tend to get people left at home by themselves.