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Re: 2012 drivetrain

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Originally Posted by Jefferson View Post
Swerve baby swerve.
Can you elaborate more on your module and frame setup, especially for getting over the barrier? I've been drooling all season since your reveal video and am still kicking myself for missing you at Champs.

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Originally Posted by DominickC View Post
Here's a picture of a prototype of our drivetrain. In this picture, we've got two in-house made drive wheels on each side, each being run by two CIM's. Eight colsons are being driven via polycord to power us over the barrier. In our final design, we're powering the lower four colsons on each side via a chain, and powering the upper four via a polycord linkage to the bottom four colsons. I'll try to get a picture that shows this setup tomorrow. It's actually pretty cool what our build team came up with, especially the tensioners. We ran the chains which power the four lower colsons thru a piece of PVC.
Whoa. Can I ask how/why you guys came up with that idea? Looks awesome!
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