Here are some pictures of a swerve drive that I've been working on. All of the plates are 1/4" thick, but I think that I could get away with making the top one 3/16".
The gears are from an AM cimple box, the hex bearings/sprockets are Vex Pro parts, and the rest are McMaster parts. The miter gears are boston gear l110y, although mcmaster sells almost identical ones for less. The steering motor is a rs550 with a 100:1 versaplanetary gearbox. My main concern is that the bearing set up for the module will not be strong enough. I have a thrust bearing on top of the module to hold the robots weight (can be seen in the last picture), a huge bearing (blue colored) on the lower plate, and a bronze bushing on top. Does anybody know of a team that has used this setup successfully in the past?
Feedback and constructive criticism are appreciated!
