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Re: Swerve Module Mounting Bearing
Thanks for the input, everyone! I've taken what you guys have been saying into account, and am finishing up an alteration of the what I'll call "bronze sleeve bearing with thrust bearing" design. I'll post some pics of that and the pod itself.
To answer your question, Dave, this module would be a true coaxial swerve module... the steering and drive for the module are located off the pod. I plan on having independent steering for each of the four modules, and shared drive for the right side with shared drive for the left side. This allows for any of the swerve drives capabilities... strafing (crabing), spinning in place, and pseudo-ackermann steering... although it sometimes requires rotating a pod more than 180 degrees to switch orientations.
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