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Unread 06-01-2007, 22:18
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WOOPS! shorted the deep cycle batt.
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Re: Tank tread

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Originally Posted by A_Reed View Post
With Splined(Toothed) pulleys,from brecoflex, you will not get pushed from the front and with the correct belt profile(V shaped profile in the center, TK10-K13) your belts will never slip sideways, this mixed with the long contact patch basically means you won't get pushed sideways either. the only pushing weakness of treads is due to your gearbox, if you don't have enough torque you will get pushed front to back or if the opponent catches a corner of your robot you can be spun.
There seems to be a mix up, i meant that the belts will lose grip on the pullies they are driving and will slip on them, even if the belt is toothed, there will be a point where it is stretched out a little bit from use and will no longer grab on to the pulley like it used to, then it will slip on the pulley.
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