View Single Post
  #10   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 14-04-2014, 11:37
Oblarg Oblarg is online now
Registered User
AKA: Eli Barnett
FRC #0449 (The Blair Robot Project)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,076
Oblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond reputeOblarg has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Amount of coupler purchase required on 1/2'' hex?

Quote:
Originally Posted by ToddF View Post
Very interesting. I'm assuming this is a drive train with the wheel axle supported by bearings on both ends, not a WCD style drive train, where the center wheel axle IS the gearbox output shaft. Correct? Got a sketch?
Yes, that is correct; it's very similar to the AM14U setup. I'll be posting a CAD when I finish toying around with it; it's also got a 3-CIM shifter gearbox with the CIMs floating over the wheel assembly (as opposed to over the center of the robot). The goal is to take up less space than a standard WCP 3-CIM shifter, and to allow for easy access to the belts and the wheels for maintenance (my primary gripe with west-coast style setups with belts is that if a belt fails, you've got no choice but to take the gearbox apart).
__________________
"Mmmmm, chain grease and aluminum shavings..."
"The breakfast of champions!"

Member, FRC Team 449: 2007-2010
Drive Mechanics Lead, FRC Team 449: 2009-2010
Alumnus/Technical Mentor, FRC Team 449: 2010-Present
Lead Technical Mentor, FRC Team 4464: 2012-2015
Technical Mentor, FRC Team 5830: 2015-2016