[Mike Norton]

ripping of belt.


this is a big problem with a lot of power. if you hit anything and come to a stop. you will rip your belts. if you turn while someone is pushing you, you will rip belts. I can not see you ripping your belt on just a quick power up. the torque you are getting to go full speed should not be enough to rip your tracks. there is no resistance to rip the track. unless you have the belts too tight. for a 150lb robot to go forward should be very easy for tracks.

Make sure you have the strong belts from Breco Flex. those belts run about $340 a pop. they will give you about twice the torque. Even with those belt we have ripped them. But none have been because of the joystick going full power.

We have some of those tracks if you would like to try them out. with different backing. I am pretty sure it is the same length you are using now.

e-mail me or pm me and we will see if we can hook you up.