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watered almonds

10-01-2008 00:22

2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

It just occurred to me that I've never seen one in FIRST. Can anyone think of a team that's done this? Thanks.

AndyB

10-01-2008 03:28

Re: 2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

Don't think its ever been done.

Only way you could do it very well would be with dewalts i think. You need an individual gearbox for each wheel which eliminates most shifters.

What would be the benefits of a shifting design on mecanums? Not like your going to get a tremendous amount of pushing power out of them anyways. High or low gear.

chris31

10-01-2008 07:10

Re: 2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

We did a prototype of it over the summer to see how it would work. We ended up changing it around and modifying it but I dont have any pics of that.

Steve Kaneb

10-01-2008 08:37

Re: 2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

Team 40 did it in 2006, with DeWalt Transmissions. There really aren't any good pictures of the robot, but the shifters were effective.

watered almonds

10-01-2008 11:21

Re: 2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

Thanks for the help. I not planning on doing anything like this (I'm not near a team), but it just seemed to me like somebody in FIRST had probably tried this by now. It just seemed like something that had to happen at least once. : )

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