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Re: use of electrical sliprings

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Originally Posted by dradius
so, what do you suggest from a personal standpoint instead of using bevel gears? we made a prototype, and there didnt seem to be too many issues. we were originally concerned with the amount of play in the gears, but it didn't seem too bad. then again, i havent made a fully functional robot with those kind of wheelbases.
A little late but anyways. We've used bevel gears the last two years in our crab drive. And now this year in our turret. In the wheel boxes for our crab drive we locked them in tight and haven't had any negative effects like slipping or coming out of place. The wheel boxes use 1:1, and our turret uses 2:1 this year, and i must say they are grand for our purposes.