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Re: pic: Team 148 - 2011 - Raptor
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Originally Posted by LBseale
If you dislike chain so much, why did you choose to chain together your omni-wheels and traction wheels? From your models it looks like you have enough CAD experience to space and use timing belts. SolidWorks (at least, maybe Inventor does too) comes with a tool for calculating belt lengths that's very handy. Belts are quieter and don't need tensioning.
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Maybe next year.
We dislike chains that we need to worry about. This low-load application is pretty happy the way it is.
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