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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
8.2 is fine.
Its a COTS swerve for $325. Thats a different set of design constraints than a team. Very difficult.
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I love the design. $325 is absolutely incredible. Even custom swerves can cost more than that (for sure), and after seeing how many machined components are in this one I'm shocked they're not selling it at a loss.
8.2lbs was okay a few years ago, but we have seen lighter swerves from all over CD in the past few months (including a shifting version similar to this weighing in at 7lbs, and that one would survive a season as it was designed by PWNAGE) with this same basic design. Combined with the extra high COG of this module, I feel like it could be improved quite a bit. If a COTS swerve drive could compete with WCD in terms of weight, then it would be a pretty big improvement IMO. Of course I love swerve drives, so I'm more than a little biased here.
I'm looking at the CAD right now to see if there are any cheap improvements that can be made to raise the caster box up a level. It looks like it's filled with custom parts already (seriously, just look at it) so some different lightening patterns could really hack off a lot of weight. Plus, there's an extra plate that doesn't need to be there under the top plate.