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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd
Did you consider using a double sided belt and running it around all three motors in a serpentine path?
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When I was creating initial sketches of the gearbox, I played with using double sided belts but found that I would need multiple idlers to achieve proper tooth engagement on the cims and that a double sided belt would actually lead to a larger gearbox with more empty space inside it. I decided that the marginally lower CoG due to that type of motor placement did not outweigh a smaller gearbox with little to no dead space.
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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd
How did it perform?
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As for the performance of the gearbox, we have not had to replace anything on them after 2 regionals and the drive base (the robot with the upper structure unbolted), as a whole, is operating around 53-58 dB.