View Single Post
  #11   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 08-03-2010, 11:30
Jon Jack's Avatar
Jon Jack Jon Jack is offline
VEX Robotics
no team (No Team)
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Greenville, TX
Posts: 614
Jon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond reputeJon Jack has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Jon Jack
Re: pic: Team 1538's 2010 Robot - Daisy Bell

To clear things up:

It is a 10WD - all 10 wheels are driven, with the center wheels being directly driven from the transmissions (like a standard West Coast Drive). It does drive like a 6WD, with only 4 wheels (2 per side) touching the ground at anytime while we're flat. Here's how that's possible:

Wheel 1 --- Wheel 2 --- Wheel 3 --- Wheel 4 --- Wheel 5

Wheels 1 and 5 are on centerline with the siderail of the chassis.
Wheels 2 and 4 are raised 1/8" above centerline.
Wheel 3 is dropped 1/8" below centerline.

With the wheels set up like this, so long as we're on flat ground, only 2 wheels per side can touch the ground at anyone time. However, when going over the bump, the extra two wheels allow us to never worry about bottoming out on the bump.
__________________
Team 1538 / The Holy Cows, 2005-2016
Reply With Quote