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Originally Posted by Oblarg
Cool design. Looks very slick.
Just personal preference, but for ease of maintenance I'd probably change the orientation of the steering motor. With it hanging below the module, it's going to be a pain to get at, especially with the wheel right next to it; I'd probably flip it.
I'm also a strong advocate for belt over chain wherever possible, but that's really minor for short distances like this.
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I agree, it would be easier to change out the steering motor if it was upside down.
As for the belts, I had originally left out the gears and I had a 4 to 1 reduction with belts. The problem was that I couldn't make a layout using pulleys and belts from sdp/si or mcmaster that had enough wrap around all the pulleys.
Do you know what type of belts FRC teams usually use? I looked at the GT2 series from gates, but I couldn't find any info on the lengths that actually exist or where you could order from.
I think that I could probably get away with chains in this case because they are pretty short and probably won't stretch that much.