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Re: Off-season chassis

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Originally Posted by Chak View Post
Most WCD I've seen have the chain or the belt behind the wheels. I've always assumed that the intent is to protect the chain or wheel from caught when the robot is hit from the side. Are you concerned about that?
This robot is not FRC legal, it is just a simple bruiser bot and it will have bumpers on the side of it. One problem I can see in this chassis is after enough wear the belts might stretch too much and come off of the pulleys.
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