pic: what do you think?

[sburro]

Originally Posted by RogerR

before you take my advice, realize that i'm not an expert (yet... )

it would apearr that there isn't enough space between the gears that are being shifted. i would say you need at least double the face width of the stationary
gears, otherwise you would end up engaging two different gearsets in mid-shift.

then again, i didn't see anything saying that this drawing was to scale, so this might be a non issue.

you are right, it is not to scale, but as aI said, a work in progress. I figured a team would use at most three gears, a "speed gear", a "tourque gear" and a "driving Gear" for normal use. our past robots just used the drill motors. I have been in First for one yaer now and I cannot stop thinking about it .
The gears that are on the piston are attached to the same rod.