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Originally Posted by Madison
Knee-jerk reaction.  Given the same conditions we had in the 2013 season, this frame would fair only a little better. The biggest problem we faced (outside of our frisbee systems being garbage) was that we couldn't get any sheet metal parts beyond the frame made in our build window and the finished frame was missing the belly pan. I expected that'd give it a lot of rigidity and, in its absence, the entire machine was too flexible.
In the end, if it is feasible, we're happy to avoid chain. Even when it's working (95% of the time for us), it's still a pain the butt to get it installed and tensioned properly. |
Ah that makes sense, I did our belt drive WCD on a similar principle at first....
Yes the belly pan can be very important in terms of structural strength. And with the build season rush that's a similar problem with had with some sponsors.
When we did WCD with chain we just C-C the chain, when after putting the chassis together we rolled the chain on and then put in the master link, clearance for doing so was designed before hand so it was an easy job. Also tensions can be pretty simple, but you have to design for them before hand; instead of trying to add them on later the fact.