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Jay Burnett 08-01-2016 19:51

pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 

Whippet 08-01-2016 19:54

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
Great work! I would be hesitant to have unpowered corner wheels on a drivetrain, especially one with no center drop. If there is any concavity in the field, or you get tipped back slightly, you would completely lose all of your driving ability and be stranded until something else moves you into a better spot.

thatprogrammer 08-01-2016 19:54

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
I might be slightly crazy but the gearboxes look like they're at a slight angle to me.

Ty Tremblay 08-01-2016 19:54

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If you get pushed back at an angle, you won't have any driven wheels touching the ground.

Also, your non-driven wheels are reducing the normal force on your driven wheels, reducing traction.

Jay Burnett 08-01-2016 19:59

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer (Post 1518371)
I might be slightly crazy but the gearboxes look like they're at a slight angle to me.

I used the perspective view in Inventor to generate this render, so that effect makes it look a bit weird. They're not actually angled :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay (Post 1518372)
If you get pushed back at an angle, you won't have any driven wheels touching the ground.

Also, your non-driven wheels are reducing the normal force on your driven wheels, reducing traction.

That's a good point. How far would you suggest raising the omnis to fix this?

thatprogrammer 08-01-2016 20:00

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Burnett (Post 1518376)
I used the perspective view in Inventor to generate this render, so that effect makes it look a bit weird. They're not actually angled :)

Ok :).
You want to look into integrating some bumper mounting hardware. Quite a few teams have started putting latches to connect their bumpers on similar chassis. :)

Jay Burnett 08-01-2016 20:04

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
Will do

Ty Tremblay 08-01-2016 20:46

Re: pic: Toaster Tech 5332 Potential 2016 Drivetrain
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay Burnett (Post 1518376)
That's a good point. How far would you suggest raising the omnis to fix this?

1/8" will definitely be enough. You could probably even get away with 1/16" since they're omni wheels and you don't have to worry about scrubbing.


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