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Re: pic: Swerve!

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Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish
those 4 lower box tube members look like they are asking to get smashed in. swerve drives move around crazy and Krunch stuff. there should be allot more structure there. i would like to know how your going to keep tension on the chains. there are allot of chains in that frame and a long distance for them to cover over a frame that will flex dynamically. its quite an engineering feat. i would like to see what you come up with to pull it all together. please keep posting
Tytus just about said it all. Sandrag has some very good points also. Going back to the conversation about the window motor if you used it to turn the modules and something else would probably break first before they back drive. I mean it's quite a feat to accomplish.
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