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Originally Posted by dieDoktor
"short lived" why? Any noticeable problems?
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I made it just as a proof of concept without much of teams support. Short-lived because while it was functional, it was seriously under powered. Gearing it down would decrease the speed too much. Without extra motors and a gearbox that would allow to use them to increase torque I couldn't make it work and without team's support I just run out of energy to push it forward.
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Originally Posted by dieDoktor
Also, I cant see it in the picture, how do you transfer power from motors to the chains inside the triangle?
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If you look at 2 motors in between the tri-wheels, they drive axle that connected to the sprocket inside the assembly.
Tri-Wheel assembly itself driven by:
- Vertical motor
- 4:1 Worm gerbox
- Long Axle
- Sprocket
- Chain
- Sprocket (Outside of frame)
- Dead axle hub
- Tri-Wheel Plate
Last 3 are connected together.
I hope this helps.
On this photo may be a little easier to see:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/42623