Interesting Drive Train Idea...

[Conor Ryan]

It should work, as long as you build it right. The problems that you may run into here are just the situation that you are in.

Say you have the same motor set up next year as we do this year (4 cims, 2 mini-bike, 2 globe ect.), you have 6 motors now dedicated to your base, particularlaly the ones with the highest rpm/torque ratio. Do you really want to restrict your manipulator like that? Possibly an idea you may want to play around with is a step down from what you are thinking, have 1 Mini-Bike driving full time, and then 1 small cim that can engage/disengage with your boost. This will still keep windows open for your manipulator to use high speed/high torque motors.

Also as an extension, you can save your battery life and eliminate power spikes by never really turning you extra motor off, when its not in use it is spinning at only 10% of it's potential speed and engage it on the fly.

I like the idea though, it may open a few doors.