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Re: pic: New serve mk.1-2517

That's a really neat swerve drive. I don't think anyone's done something like this before.

A few questions/comments-

I'm assuming the really big green thing that goes in the middle of the wheels is a bearings. If not, what is it? If so, why is it so big?

Those bevel gears- where are they from? Are they strong enough? They're at the end of the reduction so they're going to try really hard to get away from each other. The little one is going to push up so you'll probably want a thrust bearing/washer there too.

The green angle to support the sides has the mounting holes too close to the edge. Making it a little bit wider around the bolt holes is cheap strength.

How is torque transferred between the bevel gear and the wheel?

What type of wheels are those?

Overall, a pretty cool iteration on swerve.

It's pretty neat to see these offseason swerve designs come back. There's usually some pretty cool ones like this!
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