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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Please design something lighter that could be made and sold for the same price then.
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The thing is, I can't gauge the cost of making this. Please just take a look at the CAD; there are many custom parts that need to be CNC'd or even shaped.
Look at it this way: if you want something cheaper, then you can just take any old swerve drive and CNC all the parts from stock. Heck, might as well just make the encoders too, just for the lols. Sure, it's cheaper- technically. But there's no way of knowing how much their machine time is worth, and how long it would take to manufacture some of the more complex parts.
AM's design is fantastic in that it's also bulletproof, which adds to weight as a tradeoff. But I think it's possible to make it lighter without increasing the number of non-COTS parts, by using concepts laid out in (for example) Aren's recent swerve. I'll let you know if it's possible to remove that middle plate. My goal is to add one more part (made by a team or something) but decrease the weight by removing some of the other parts.