Thread: pic: Dual FP gearbox
View Single Post
  #15   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 31-12-2008, 13:05
dtengineering's Avatar
dtengineering dtengineering is offline
Teaching Teachers to Teach Tech
AKA: Jason Brett
no team (British Columbia FRC teams)
Team Role: Mentor
  
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 1,827
dtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond reputedtengineering has a reputation beyond repute
Re: pic: Dual FP gearbox
Looks like a great way to move an arm. I'm wondering, though, if replacing a few of the stages with a couple of Banebots planetary gearboxes would cut down size and weight sufficiently to be worth the cost.

We were looking at how we could take a couple FPs, then use the BBs to drive a worm gearbox for moving an arm.

I know that kind of defeats the purpose of building your own gearbox from scratch... and I do have to admit that I enjoy seeing custom work more than just seeing yet another COTS gearbox... but when build time gets tight our team tends to head for the COTS solution.

Jason
Reply With Quote