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Originally Posted by JesseK
I would think that most FRC spring loaded tensioners are unreliable due to lack of understanding in the design. A standard bicycle has used spring loaded tension for who knows how many years how, even with a shifting drive system. Yet teams who put them in on a 2-way torque transferring system must account for both directions, whereas a bike tensioner only has to deal with one. Thus, a team could easily make a spring loaded tensioner reliable so long as the design is sound. The mini-bike motor belt tensioners from 2006 would be a good place to start experimenting.
... The tradeoff is less maneuverability if a chain comes off or breaks.
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I started a
thread on here about spring chain tensioners. We decided through it that with some good designing and testing we would be able to make a decent chain tensioner that would work both ways.