Ever wondered how top teams design their 6 or 8 wheel drive systems? What factors they consider when choosing top speed? Well, join us tomorrow evening at 9pm Eastern when we ask them. We'll even be breaking down the mystery of 25's drive train.
So, join us at the usual place (
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web...d=98466&cmd=tc) and the usual time (9pm Eastern) and let's talk drive trains.
This week's cast will cover:
- How to choose a drivetrain that fits your strategy (how to do WOT for drive type)
- How to design a drivetrain that fits your resources (why just because the Poofs do it one way doesn't mean you have to)
- Analysis of the drivetrains of past FRC Champions (HEAVILY favors 4/6/8WD skid steer setups)
- How fast do you really need to go? What drives your choice of ratio?
- To shift or not to shift...that is the question
- Wheel choices: Omni, Colson, Roughtop/Wedgetop, How many (how many do you need?), How big (the argument to go small)
- CAN MY DRIVE TURN?!?!. Talk through the Hibner paper, briefly talk about 25's drive and why it can turn, talk about why people drop center wheels
- Chains vs. belts vs. gears...pros and cons
- Jags vs. Victors vs. Talons: Pros and cons in a drive train
- How to control it in teleop: Arcade vs. Tank vs. Cheesy drive
- How to control it in autonomous (brief, since a future cast is more controls centric I believe). Talk about the tried and true encoder+gyro combo.
- Impact of chassis rigidity
- Impact of CoG