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Well, since I screwed up on lunch, I'm not hungry yet, but fortunately, leftovers won't take long to heat and eat. I figure I need to call work around 2 PM, that way if work isn't closed, I'll have enough time to heat something, eat it, and then go clear my car off and maybe shovel out a path for it.
 
Motor control is going to be difficult. Also, if it's the newer version of fuel injection, the fuel pump will need to be extremely powerful (and thus, expensive).
 
Anyways, two pressure grips, I have a view of them in my head - if only I could translate my mental visions into CAD, I'd be doing so well on designs.
 
Each one gets a bicycle gear rotating piece forwards of the actual grip, remarked to indicate the eight gears. The upper handles will also serve as clutch releases. To shift gears, the related clutch (remember, this is dual drive) must be released, naturally.
 
So more accurately, the upper right trigger grip, when pressed in, will engage the clutch on the right-hand drive. Vice versa on the left side of the machine.
 
Each gear shifter is totally independent of each other; obviously, running the gears out of sync with each other will induce a steering, or in extreme cases, spinning, effect.
 
But it also means you can easily through it in 1 and R1, and spin on the spot, which is the entire reason for dual independent drives.
 
Anyways, bottom hand grip triggers run the auger/impeller shaft. Now, since even a smaller V6 design would have a terrifying amount of power (150+ HP at the crank) compared to a standard snowblower design (8-15 HP at the crank), both hand grips must be depressed to engage the shaft drive.
 
Damn, another headache. Largely induced, of course, by getting just four hours of sleep. Although the piece of shit X-530 subwoofer isn't helping at all.
 
On the console, a kill switch to immediately disconnect the shaft drive, a temperature gauge to monitor the motor, oil, maybe fuel, light switches, and chute adjustment controls - run off a small electric or hydraulic motor.
 
The console needs a throttle controller, since the motor would idle somewhere around 1000. Yes, that will deliver superior values to those of a snowblower motor running 3200 or so, but it'd be nice to open that throttle up to around 3000 RPM. That'll vastly boost the power figures, make it harder to bog the motor down under extremely dense snow, et cetera.
 
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