Thread: TANK TREADS...welp.
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Posted by Lora Knepper at 1/13/2001 8:02 AM EST


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In Reply to: TANK TREADS...welp.
Posted by Anton Abaya on 1/12/2001 10:50 PM EST:



Anton,

People may be nice enough to **help** us, but people aren't going to design this bot **for** us....

To all:

We are exploring the use of tank treads on this year's bot...any one have thoughts? Pros? Cons? Suggestions?

I drove a tank 'bot in '99 and there were a few problems that I'm not sure how to address in this one. Mainly speed and steering. The friction was so great when we'd turn that the timing belt would pop off frequently and the turning would often be painfully slow when driven like a tank with 2-joys. Also, there only seemed to be a point that we could push the drills to to power it, cutting our speed drastically. Would reducing the width of the tank treads help these issues? I have seen some decently fast and tight turning tank bots in past years...though I myself am a wheel girl all the way ;o)

I'm not an engineer..not even close, though myself and Anton are about the closest to engineers this team has. Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

~ lora T419


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