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Mechanical
Understand drivetrains, gear ratios, linear slides, and intakes — then design your own mechanisms.
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1 unit · 1 lessonabout 15 min total
What you will be able to do
Choose and size a drivetrain, calculate gear ratios for speed or torque, and design a mechanism that survives a full competition day.
Mechanical design is mostly a handful of ideas applied over and over: torque versus speed, friction, rigidity, and tolerance. Learn them once with the interactive calculators in this track and you can design anything the season throws at you.