Thread: Viable Stair Climbing Drive System?
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Unread 07-01-2011, 18:44
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Re: Viable Stair Climbing Drive System?
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Interesting idea and nice thinking outside the box.

The first issue I can see is with drive chains - as the front wheel articulates, will the distance between sprockets change? This changes how much chain needs to be between them and throws chains out of tension.

A solution is to chain your pivoting member to a sprocket attached to the actual pivot point - this way the distance between any connected sprockets does not change.
I assumed the pneumatic actuators would compensate for the difference in tension. Wouldn't the pivoting part get "caught" on what ever its trying to go over?
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