First off--very nice design, and very accessible. We're not very capable in terms of build complexity, but might prototype something like this next season.
One of our main concerns is the side loading.
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Originally Posted by Madison
The subframe, right now, is 1x1x.125" angle bolted to the perimeter of a .125" perforated PVC sheet and hung from the Toughbox Nano housings. It is intended to hold electronics and would need to be enhanced if it were going to see more substantial loading.
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Is this also intended to handle some of the sideways forces that the wheel assemblies would encounter if a robot hit from the side while in traction mode? It appears that the subframe and wheel assembly are flush, so I assumed that was an additional purpose?
If I recall, from octocanum v1.0 I saw video of you testing side loading by deploying traction while strafing. Did you run into any problems with this during last year’s competition?