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Re: Drive Train

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Originally Posted by ryan25 View Post
I have been given a task by my teacher to design a drivetrain , ans he believes that in the future of FRC you could have to cross different types of terrain.
Fair enough.

OK, again first off, do a search for drive trains here on CD --- there are plenty of good ones here.

Next, you need to define what type of terrain is expected. Things like; is it hard or soft? slope or step? solid, granular, or liquid?

Then you need to know how much manuverability, torque, ground clearence, speed, etc that you need.

There is a lot that goes into a drive train. Another thought is that the Kit-Of-Parts can be easily assembled into a 2- or 4-wheel skid steer drive base that typically does OK in FIRST matches (It won't win you any awards, but will most likely not fail on you either during matches).

Anyways, I hope this helps, and good luck with your assignment.
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