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Oh, highlight the post.

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Post 107

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Tank tracks don't have much place in FRC as a COTS item unless it's for climbing field obstacles.... This is a sign for sure imo.

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If you look closely, you can see the shark fins.
In actual fact, the whole drivetrain looks just like Tetrix tread kit with a blue nitrile tread attached to the outside

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I really hope that this is a product that andymark is releasing because they can and not because of Stronghold. The idea of bumps that require treads makes me sick.

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Today I learned something new. I've been using turnbuckles for years on antenna guy wires, cross braces for doors, braces for playhouses, etc. All the cases it's been working in tension.

The tank drive uses them in compression to keep the belts tight. A simple and elegant solution to the problem. Very cool.

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Based on what Andy said yesterday it does not have anything to do with the game. It seemed as if the treads were more for industrial customers then us.

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Assuming you aren't trying to make a joke of some kind.
Use your mouse cursor to highlight the complete contents of post 107.
The large blank space at the end is a giveaway.
The hidden sarcasm mark is the same color as the post background and can't be seen normally.
However, in the quote background you subsequently used, the slightly different color background makes it a little visible, and while you were composing your post it would have been fully visible.

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These tank tracks make it look like it'd be easy to climb another robot. Bumpers (if in the usual spot) are useless to stop them. Though as a deterrent, I suspect there'll be some toppled-over tank bots too.

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Anyone know where AndyMark is sourcing these belts from ? My guess is gates or breco flex thru a local supplier but just curious because it seems like even in large quantities these would be expensive to buy for production costs. We've done tank treads in the past on robots and so I curious. I think this tells us a lot about the game. :]

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Source?

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Probably here.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...hreadid=140340


http://www.twitch.tv/firstupdatesnow/v/30497251 (starts at 1:00:25)

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Andy mentioned this last night and it just showed up. http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-3214-6.htm

I think a lot of you will like it.

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At 1/16" wall, we can procure this locally (in 20' lengths) the same week day (from one of our sponsors, no less). It's still great that this is available to all teams (and we may use this price for BoM purposes). This is a good bit thinner wall than Vex 2x1 tubing (which is 1/10" wall, about 50% thicker), but probably good enough for most superstructure/manipulator applications.

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Why would you price it at the more expensive price when you can price it as if from a metal supplier?