Chief Delphi - Unassembled Drivetrain-wheels only

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jwmatson16

19-01-2009 23:21

Unassembled Drivetrain-wheels only

Team 1802 has decided after lots of debate and research that we will be going with a tank drive system using all belts and 16 wheels of fury. There will also be a suspension system included with this massive system.:D

joeweber

19-01-2009 23:30

Re: Unassembled Drivetrain-wheels only

Why the suspension? The field is flat. Also with all those wheels your traction will be dispered and reduced. Great engenearing project though

If you need a suspension idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xby0S...e=channel_page

jimbot

19-01-2009 23:31

Re: Unassembled Drivetrain-wheels only

What is the advantages to the "16 wheels of fury":D as they are called? I would imagine that you gain very little traction as your weight would be spread out over 16 wheels (7.5 pounds per wheel) as opposed to 4 wheels (30 pounds per wheel?

Andy L

19-01-2009 23:33

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The pros to a minor suspension system would guarantee all of your wheels are on the ground even if your frame is slightly tweaked from perfectly flat in a hard hit or something.

Do enlighten us on the 16 wheels though.

Jared Russell

20-01-2009 11:45

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I have a feeling that the thread starter may have been a little facetious about his team's drivetrain intentions.

synth3tk

20-01-2009 16:35

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I, too, would also like to see the reasoning behind this behemoth of a project for Lunacy.

Chrono101

20-01-2009 16:55

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Man, I thought our team would be the only one with a 16-wheeled beast...

Guess I was wrong...

Looks good though, those wheel assemblies look exactly like the ones we made.

Taylor

20-01-2009 17:27

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Why stop at 16? We've got sixteen wheels per side.

AdamHeard

20-01-2009 17:29

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor (Post 804610)

Why stop at 16? We've got sixteen wheels per side.

We've got 16 per crab module.

Well, to be honest, only 2 per module.

Andy L

20-01-2009 22:42

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Someone's gotta say it

We have over 9000 wheels!

mynameisbob

20-01-2009 22:55

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better yet weve got two, lol jk

ComradeNikolai

21-01-2009 08:07

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mynameisbob (Post 804895)

better yet weve got two, lol jk

And we have one; one of our team members is an avid unicyclist, so he taught us how to do it.

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