Thread: pic: Plywood Butterfly Drive Render
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Re: pic: Plywood Butterfly Drive Render
Looks good! Always love to see laser cut wood construction in FRC. Really like the 6 CIM setup with the reversed gearbox. Lot more open in the middle than a lot of octocanum and butterfly designs. With the 6 CIM layout especially, I would recommend flipping your wheels so that it pivots about the traction wheel rather than the omni. Doing this prevents the module from being side loaded when pushed sideways in traction mode.

Have you considered using pancake cylinders for module actuation to save some space and weight?
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