Thread: CVT, which teams are planning on using them for next year?
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Hmm..now what?
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Re: CVT, which teams are planning on using them for next year?
Well...maybe have it automated by using shaft encoders, but then if you got into a pushing match, and there was a problem and the CVT was still in high gear, maybe using the buttons on the controller, the driver could manually change the pulley diameters to low gear by pressing the buttons to slowly change the diameters. Or instead...maybe preset diameters that when the driver presses the left joystick button, it automatically goes to lowest gear for more torque, and then the right joystick button, middle gear for getting across the field more quickly.

For automating, you could probably have it that when it starts from 0 fps, the pulleys could automatically be at the smallest pulley to biggest pulley for most torque, and then gradually increase. Or something like that..