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Mk.32

16-02-2011 02:22

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

Sweet, good to know.
Love the ChiefDelphi community, for all their help.
Also what would be preferable, 4 CIMs all powering the traction wheels with 2 gearboxes, OR powering every wheel with its own CIMple box + CIM.

Thomas_S

16-02-2011 22:44

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

i would recommend doing 2 motors per gearbox, driving all 4 wheels. im not sure how fond of chain drives you are, but getting power to those back wheels, omni or not, will give you a little more pushing power that might come in handy. its never a bad thing to have the extra umph, whether you use it or not

548swimmer

16-02-2011 22:59

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

This is a great whitepaper for you to check out: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1443

Also, if you search CD-media there are tons of technical resources similar to this one to help teams out.

PAR_WIG1350

16-02-2011 23:35

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris is me (Post 1023472)

Slick wheels are not particularly good at providing force for a robot. Honestly, I don't see why teams that use them bother even driving them with chain.

Omni wheels are better, because they do have traction in one direction. They have no traction in the direction you want them to have no traction in!

It offers some level of redundancy, sort of. plus it allows you to reclaim some of the normal force lost to undriven wheels.

Mk.32

18-02-2011 03:08

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

Hey all,
we just got our omni-wheels and installed them.
Everything pretty much works perfectly the way we wanted to :) well just the drivetrain at least...

Leav	18-02-2011 05:55

Re: Rookie DriveTrain Help~! plz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mk.32 (Post 1025725)

Hey all,
we just got our omni-wheels and installed them.
Everything pretty much works perfectly the way we wanted to :) well just the drivetrain at least...

Happy to hear! if there are any other problems you are having, feel free to ask - CD is full of people with lots of experience that are all very happy to help.
Perhaps other problems you are encountering can be addressed with such a quick fix as well?

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