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Originally Posted by MrBasse
I love the look of those gearboxes. What wheel does this base turn about? What do the AM wheels add that a second set of colsons wouldn't? Is there some magical amount of slippage that the AM wheels provide?
Where are you guys competing this year? This is the first year we aren't going to St. Joe since you guys started hosting...
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We will miss your team in St. Joe; it has been great to play with you guys these past two seasons. We will be at Kentwood also.
The AM wheel is used as a spinner, to prevent the 72T on the forward clamping gearbox dragging when we cross the scoring platform. Another 4" wheel with bearing bore can be used in its place.
The base turns about the inboard center Colson, when ballasted to our anticipated, unloaded weight.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Lim
Very neat and unique drivetrain layout!
Just curious, is driving over the scoring platform a major part of your strategy?
We broke some gear teeth on our drivetrain gearboxes earlier this week... not exactly sure how, but we suspect it was driving over the scoring platform.  |
We put on the spinners to avoid exactly that problem.
The center Colsons can be replaced with omniwheels, if we decide to add strafing later on.
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