Thread: Position idlers to get better chain wrap -- a question about good practices.
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Re: Position idlers to get better chain wrap -- a question about good practices.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
That's weird.... we had a serpentine wrap in a six motor drive and there we no problems. Never had a chain derail, ever. We still had great pushing power as well, no more power loss than a regular setup.
There's a nice picture of the setup on page 45 of FIRST Robots: Behind the Designs.
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