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03-08-2010, 18:52

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Re: Drive train questions

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Originally Posted by Bjenks548

1) What (if any) advantages is there to having 2 gear boxes with 2 cims in each as appose to 4 gear boxes with a cim in each?

Not necessarily a fault of multiple gearboxes, but if you have say 4 CIMs and 4 gearboxes, and each gearbox drives one of four, two of 8, etc. wheels, then when one wheel leaves the ground, you're transmitting less torque and aren't getting all of the power you could. With both wheels on one side chained together (ether with a single gearbox for both motors, or two gearboxes for two motors but all of it connected) you can still use both CIMs with a wheel lifted.

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