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Originally Posted by Bryce2471
i'm not sure about lighter, but I thought it would be a shame to put such a tall gearbox on such a short swerve module.
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If you used a worm gear for steering, it seems to me that you could orient both motors horizontally and get the module height down to the wheel diameter. You'd also save some weight on a second gear stage at a bit of loss of steering efficiency. You'd need slip rings for the drive motor since you couldn't run the wire out through the rotation hub, which might eat up the weight savings.
Also, what is the light colored gear to the lower right of the main rendering? I don't see what else it engages, and I also don't see it in the reflection.