08-12-2008, 00:18
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
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Join Date: May 2006
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Location: Virginia
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Re: Tank Track
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Originally Posted by SCROSSLEY-GCEC
also, if you put a large gear on a servo with a small gear meshed to it, will the smallgear be able to turn something 360?
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If you use something attached to a servo to cause the cube to stay in contact with the tread, the tread's friction should soon pull the cube into your system.
The cubes are very light, so you don't need much friction from the tread. Just a little force will be enough to lift the cube up and over your lump.
Use the servo to cause a "hook" to flop down an press against the cube. I say "flop" because you want this hook to "float" and allow the cube to move the direction the tread is trying to take it. The hook needs to be flexible, not rigid.
Sound feasible in your design?
Blake
PS: Yes - A 36 tooth gear mounted on a servo and turning a 12 tooth gear will rotate the 12 tooth gear nearly full circle.
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