Thread: Window Motor Gear Problem
View Single Post
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 28-01-2013, 23:57
pmangels17's Avatar
pmangels17 pmangels17 is offline
Mechanical Marauders - Alumnus
AKA: Paul Mangels
FRC #0271 (Mechanical Marauders)
Team Role: Mechanical
  
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Bay Shore, NY
Posts: 402
pmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond reputepmangels17 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Window Motor Gear Problem
The KoP includes to adapters to convert the window motors in the kit to a keyed shaft. (See KoP checklist page 3) I believe it is a 5/8ths shaft, but I am not sure. Remember that if your shaft has a large OD, you can always drill out the inside to shave off a lot of weight, depending on the stress on the shaft. You could, as we have done before, adapt these collars to the plastic gears included in the Fisher Price gearboxes from past years. Unfortunately, we didn't receive these this year, but I'm sure that if you don't have one, a local team will. I know we have a stockpile of about 15 to 20 of them.
__________________
Junior at the University of Notre Dame, Mechanical Engineering

Got questions (about Notre Dame, robots, college, etc), don't hesitate to ask.

**Bang Boom Pop!** "Was that the robot?" "I don't know, do it again"
**BANG BOOM POP** "Oh, now it's on fire."