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Re: Hemispherical Omnidirectional Gimbaled Drive

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Originally Posted by SenorZ View Post
Joyride: very impressed. My only critique (and this is coming from someone who will probably never build a HOG drive) is that the square frame supporting the drive motor seems a bit large. This would limit the total angle of rotation. But you have two hemispheres, so you wouldn't need as much power from tilt from each wheel to get a faster speed.
Actually (for the most part) right now the "wheel" contacts first before any metal while its tilting. The current "wheel" does need to be made just a hair bigger which will get rid of this problem entirely.
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