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Beautiful design, Andrew. I remember you telling me over the summer it was tiny, but this is just insane! I'd love to see this make it onto an offseason chassis for testing.

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This is amazing! Absolutely stunning. :D

These may be a stupid questions, but I can't seem to figure out what the orange housing around the wheel is. Is it 3D printed? Or will it be machined?
Also, what's acting as your thrust bearing?

Once again, amazing design.
(The render was done beautifully as well)

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I like the form factor of this design, although I'm curious why you decided to optimize this design for height. I have recently CAD'd a swerve module that is optimized for width. Because on many robots space in the middle of the robot is at a premium where as there is usually plenty of space for the height of the drive train. I found the limit of how thin I could make it was 3", partially because the CIM is 2.5" in diameter.

Is the wheel housing made of plastic?
Also I would be concerned with the linkage between the pneumatic cylinder and the shifting mechanism, you may get some racking.
Do you have a picture of the rendering from the other side?
What miter gears are you using above the wheel?

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Wow! That's what I call, engineering! Do you have any CAD models? That is impressive because it is small. How much does it weigh? I think my team might be interested in something like this!

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I would guess to lower the COG.
Maybe to shorten ground clearance?
Although there are other methods of doing both.

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This is a CAD model.

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I can sum this all up with one word, I think.

Wow.

I think this beats out the one that was built around the CIM.

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Wow, that is a beautiful render. What software/setup was used for it?

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so... how do you mount it?

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Well, if it is a CAD model, it looks realistic. Are there any downloads for the model?

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On par with that one (They were a rookie team the season they made it and successfully implemented it).


I love it! It kinda looks like a Van Door Motor.

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What is the actual ground clearance? I like the way you did the shifting mechanism.

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"rookie"

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Fine, a "rookie" team mentored by Aren. :rolleyes: