pic: Team 1927's swerve module

[BlackBird11891]

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[FriedLiver]

Ahhh fun stuff. I've been wanting my team to experiment with a system similar to this for a while. Expesically with the different modes of drive. Looks awesome

[sgreco]

It looks pretty good...A few questions though...

1. What is the wall thickness on the module? (the module itself doen't quite look strong enough)

2. Is there anything else attaching those drive pullies on the shafts besides the set screws? Because if there isn't you'll need to find another way to secure it, the set screws will loosen.

3. Are you going to have any more suppot on the vertical drive shaft?Because it looks like that drive shaft is going to be torqued in which ever dirction the chain is coming from.

4. How heavy is it?

5. How thick is are the drive shafts?

It looks nice, It makes me really happy to see all of the great offseason CAD work that teams are doing.

[BlackBird11891]

wow lot of questions the walls are 3/16" thick and the shafts are 1/2"

bearing and all it ways about 6 lbs. a piece i think

we used set screws this year and that was our biggest problem was them coming loose as well as throwing chains so next year were going to go with roll pins for SURE!! ha

we are also going completely away from chains and using all belts there much simpler!!

[BlackBird11891]

Also to be noted the on the side of the yoke the cut out is still there

[BlackBird11891]

we just built a chassis with regular wheels and ran it for 3 hours on carpet... they performed excellently

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by BlackBird11891

we just built a chassis with regular wheels and ran it for 3 hours on carpet... they performed excellently

Sweet! Love to see some pics or vids!

Great work. =) I love how simple these modules are!

[gallo26]

Wow! Those modules look amazing! Our team did crab for about 3 years, but stopped because of the hard work that went into them. The platter bearings we had to make were SOO expensive, the software was over complicated, and if there was a malfunction or error in the code the modules would keep spinning and rip the motor wires right out of it. (we had the motors mounted to the actual module like most) For 2008 we thought crab would be the best, but after the debates we couldn't design a new module like you guys have which would eliminate the issues we've had. Very awesome design!!