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Re: Chassis Design

One cool thing that we have in the works for this coming year is non-centered bearing blocks. a bearing block that rotates, to create 4 positions for the axle, tensioning chain and dropping the middle wheels with one device.

Ive always thought that a full crab drive (independent steering and power) with omni wheels would be cool. It would enable much much faster turning, and the vectors could be neat, the angle of the modules would also change the speed, so you could have a lot of control.

469's gearboxes and wheels are one of the coolest things that ive seen as far as a new approach to an old problem.