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- If the base is rotating it will disengage from the other shafts unless it carries the entire structure with it when rotating.
- The system would effectively require 6 clutch systems total for the engaging or disengaging of gears in each shaft.
- Would be rather complex to build and maintain in general and thereby needed to be simplified
- This lead to the creation of design 3
Below are a sketch and an assembly of this iteration of the design: