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Re: Actuated Drive (Slide / H)

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Originally Posted by DaveL View Post
Going in sideways in one direction worked better. It seemed to dig in better. Going the other sideways direction the wheel seemed to ride up and slide more.
What type and orientation of gearing did you use? Perhaps the drive gear was putting a lift force on the wheel in one direction, and a depression in the other. This is most likely to happen with a horizontally oriented gear train (such as most versablock setups). Using a planetary or vertically oriented gearbox (such as how the TB-mini is mounted on the KoP chassis) might solve the problem.
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