The gearbox is fixed to the side beam in the framework.
With D46 as the calculation object, the nonlinear network has eight inputs (lateral, sink-float, side roll, torsion, gearbox bracket, motor bracket, longitudinal, and anti-yaw loads) and one stress point as the output.
Figure 12 shows a prototype of the holding mechanism which can be manually operated through the rotation of a driveshaft connected directly to the gear train and which protrudes through the side of the gearbox; it also has a simplified spur gear train.
There's also a slot in the Mercedes-derived gearbox that lets you toggle the shifter side to side for quick downshifts, just in case you feel the need for even more urgent acceleration.
The bogie frame has many load systems, such as sink-float, side roll, torsion, lateral, motor bracket, gearbox bracket, anti-yaw, wheel brake, and traction loads.
We simply plopped this one onto the floor where the driver's seat would eventually go, unscrewed a side panel on the tunnel, slid the gearbox over onto the frame and against the engine.
This isn't a car that will please recalcitrant throttle jockeys, although it is available with an optional six-speed manual gearbox, or with Formula One race-type paddle shifters on either side of the steering wheel for models bought with the continuously variable automatic transmission.
Engineers are now driving the robot in reverse to help prolong its gearboxes by allowing their teeth to wear on the opposite side.
Engineers decided that putting the robot in reverse would help prolong its gearboxes by allowing their teeth to wear on the opposite side.
