pic: Schreiber Take on West Coast Drive

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Yes, my last paragraph was meant to be that way. I, as a mentor whose job it is to inspire (not teach) students, would be floored if we were to have dozens of students asking how to properly do calculations for drive trains or arms. They have their college years to learn CAD (and will probably have to relearn a different piece of software for their jobs). Instead they are designing systems that, in all likelihood, will not work because they made some mistake that would have been solved had they first taken the time to do a quick sketch on a white board. So, if I turn off a couple people from jumping right into CAD I am fine with that as long as it also gets some people thinking about doing the math.

I know that I posted my designs to receive structural feedback, not feedback involving gear ratios and the math involved in the traction. I'm all for sketching by hand, but there is some structural feed back you just can't get off of a napkin.