[BaileyJoseph166]

We were having a lot of trouble with #25 chain during our Week Zero event in Merrimack, and we too have been thinking about making the change during some of our free time.

What we did to fix the issue for now is adding a 1/4" Lexan strip along the bottom of our chassis where the chain was hanging. We think it was hitting and catching on the defenses. After we did that, no more shearing. We also added some static tensioners, and are looking to put more long term dynamic tensioners on at some point.

Alignment is key for sure with #25 chain, or chain in general. Definately make sure you do your chain calculations right.

We have done #35 and #25 in the past on our drive trains, but none of the existing team has remembered a bot we made using belts. I do not know if that is a better idea, I know slippage is an issue with belts.