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Originally Posted by ThaddeusMaximus
Mounting. The new AM14Us are getting better about this but interfacing to things with them is still not as elegant as VEXpro stuff
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As (probably) the first AndyMark employee to reach this thread, I'd love to know what things you're having trouble interfacing. (No promises we'll fix it to your satisfaction, but we can't fight what we can't see.) If you don't want to say it here, PMs or an email to (my CD username)@andymark.com will get it on the radar.
I'll put out what Iron Kings are doing, with the preface that we're sponsored by AndyMark and 20 minutes from the warehouse. Your team may arrive at different conclusions.
4" black HiGrip wheels. 4" because they are cheaper and we wanted the inch above the chassis, black from testing other engineers (hi Danny...) have done on how the different compounds handle. We'll probably have to change out wheels once a day depending on final weight and how we drive it, but we have measures to be ready for that. This is a little advanced for a Kitbot on Steroids document, but we expect it to work well.
5.95:1 gearing. That puts us around 15 feet per second, which is up significantly from the stock 10. With the wide open field and expected sprints for gears, we knew we wanted top-end speed. If we somehow end up heavier than expected, we may walk this one back a little.
Cut the front end plate, add structure back. We're doing fuel, and we're not quite to the point of over-the-bumper intakes. We may use the COTS cross plate, not sure how some other things will shake out.
Plywood bellypan. With a good coat of paint, of course.