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Re: pic: FRC971 Spartan Robotics Presents: Renegade

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Originally Posted by Sh1ine View Post
Very nice robot.

We also use belts for our drive train. This is our second year using them and as for a a skid steer type drive train is concerned I do not think we will ever go back. We use live axles in our system. It seems like you are using a dead axle system with the sprockets machined directly into your wheels (very cool). I would love to see a up close and personal view of how your power transmission works.
Sprockets (or pulleys I should say, for this is timing belt) are not machined directly on. They are locktighted on the wheel and obtained from SDP-SI. Directly machining those pulleys would take too much out of our resources.
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