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Re: Wheels?

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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock View Post
The only thing I can see that would prevent this is the location of the fixed trailer point you need on your robot, the interaction with the trailer, & potentially the angle your bot is at during the transistion.
I wasn't even thinking of the so called "fixed" hitch.
That does generate an interesting question. Fixed as opposed to what?
Can the wheels in fact be lowered thus raising the trailer point, and the entire robot with it? (I would also think we are only talking about .25-.5" to just barely raise the main drive wheels up.)

So I revise my statement. I would check on Q&A, the implications could be interesting.

You might need to find a way to get the hitch to remain stationary by mounting it to whatever "drops" down to raise up the rest of the robot.

Last edited by Matt C : 06-01-2009 at 10:52.