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Created a v1 simulation for the math and energy analysis of different types of gearboxes to confirm the usecases of a variable ratio gearbox like a CVT or shifting gearbox. Surprisingly found that the benefits are actually very small (if any) in mechanisms like drivetrains or fast lifts, because the sprint distance is so short that a shift in gear ratio doesn’t even make sense for a motor to accomplish. I am not quite sure if my algorithms to determine when to switch are perfectly accurate, so I will do a deeper dive into that (hence the export feature), but this got me a very important takeaway: the mechanism to be limited by the actual ends of the ratios (e.g. stalling or running at max speed), otherwise even though motors are inefficient and suboptimal at different moments, a single gear ratio actually suffices.

This is the new dashboard and form type entries that have many different types of questions targeted for reducing time spent documenting while maintaining maximum information transfer. The screenshots only show the first few questions of the form log, but scrolling down shows more, with unique architecture around each question type as needed.