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Re: pic: 3 wheel omni drive concept

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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
Is the plan to have the self-righting mechanisms only attached to the chassis through a single cantilevered shaft or is there something else not yet modeled? Because if so, that's a lot of force going through a cantilevered shaft, especially one only attached to a single piece of wood (again, not bashing wood; I would be sceptical with it only going through a single piece of sheet metal too).
It is still mostly conceptual, so some things are missing from the model, and very few things are close to a finalized version. I think a cantilevered shaft that is attached to multiple layers of the main frame or through one of the vertical tubes would work best. But ideas change all the time as the concept progresses.

Good example: looking at the image I just posted, it occurs to me that bronze bushing would be much more suited for this mechanism than ball bearings.
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