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Re: What do YOU want in the Kit of Parts?
This one's been on my list for a while: improved window motor hubs. I've seen them in just about every FRC kit, going back to 2004. In the near-decade since, FRC has seen the kit landscape change greatly...and standardize on all the mounting interfaces that these aren't. Very few shafts on modern FRC robots are bigger than 1/2", yet we always have to throw some 5/8" keyed shaft on our McMaster-Carr order if we want to use them. The #10 1.875" bolt circle is the de facto standard for sprocket mounts, yet the hub is still taking 1/4" bolts in a square.
I appreciate a good engineering challenge, but these workarounds are more or less givens. I'd love to see them updated for what's out there to hook to it.
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William "Billfred" Leverette - Gamecock/ Jessica Boucher victim/ Marketing & Sales Specialist at AndyMark
2004-2006: FRC 1293 (D5 Robotics) - Student, Mentor, Coach
2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
2010: FRC 1398 (Keenan Robo-Raiders) - Mentor - Palmetto '10
2014-2016: FRC 4901 (Garnet Squadron) - Co-Founder and Head Bot Coach - Orlando '14, SCRIW '16
2017-: FRC 5402 (Iron Kings) - Mentor
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