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Re: New AndyMark products 2016
Ri3D Team [REDACTED] put together an early version of the pneumatic wheel kit but per my conversation with one of the AndyMark engineers the kit that is being sold to the general public has been changed based on the experiences of putting together the prototype kit.
So from my understanding on the drive wheel both pulleys go on the same side opposite from the valve stem side. On the outer wheel which will be driven by the outer belt there is a larger spacer that goes between the wheel and pulley. On the wheel driven by the inside belt there will be a long spacer outside the pulley.
Note for the kit used by some of the Ri3D teams you do need some of the spacers used in the basic 14U3 chassis.
So based on what I know now the wheel/axle spacers will go sort of like this.
Center driven wheel.
hex hub-wheel-small hub spacer-pulley-hub spacer?-pulley-hex bore spacer.
Outer wheel 1
small axle spacer- bearing/wheel/bearing assembly-hub spacer-pulley-long spacer
Outer wheel 2
small axle spacer-bearing/wheel/bearing assembly- thick hub spacer/hub spacer?-pulley-axle spacer.
Note this is speculation particularly those parts marked with a ? but hopefully that is enough to get you headed in the correct direction. In all cases the order is based on starting at the inner plate that carries the transmission.
Note that the kit the Ri3D teams used came with belts for a "long" 8" wheel configuration but we and the 'Snow Problem team used the belts and wheel locations for the square configuration for a shorter wheel base. In our case it was to reduce the break over angle, ie reduce the likelihood of getting high centered on the rock wall or moat. We also found that configuration gets the front of the chassis higher as you go up the ramps that the defense sits between. That was a plus when crossing the low defenses but a minus when getting under the bar or getting an manipulator under the porticullis to lift it.
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