pic: Swerve Drive Can SolidWorks Concept (cheap version)

[Bootsie]

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[NickE]

How heavy is it?

You might consider placing some standoffs between the two walls of the tubing to prevent them from moving in relation to each other.

[Bootsie]

According to SolidWorks, it weighs 1.3 lbs or so.

As for standoffs, there will be spacers between everything, at least on the wheel shaft.

I could also put some bolts through with spacers as well, as you suggest. A good point :) thanks.

[R.C.]

Looks Great, Nice Design. You may want to support the bottom of the Module with a lazy susan or with a circular piece of plastic.

Also, why not use Hex Shafts, you woudn't have to worry about keys ;)

-RC

[Akash Rastogi]

Modules themselves look fine, but that weight can be reduced by facing that wheel on a lathe a bit more or with a COTS wheel from AndyMark. The wheel looks like a beefy part of that weight.

[JesseK]

It would be more taxing on the team, but based on what I've heard I would recommend tapping the ends of the live axles and putting a bolt in them rather than using a c-clip.

Also, to prevent racking you could make this out of 3" box extrusion and make it a little longer at the bottom. That way you could have at least 1/4" wide strips running between the sides at the bottom. The aluminum already turns in at the bottom, so making it longer and cutting a hole (rather than a whole slot) for the wheel would easily allow you to do this.

[Cory]

It would be more taxing on the team, but based on what I've heard I would recommend tapping the ends of the live axles and putting a bolt in them rather than using a c-clip.

It looks like they're using snap rings not c-clips.

I would highly reccomend snap rings so long as you have the ability to make the groove the correct size. Nothing beats their ease of use.