221 system Universial chassis?

[MattC9]

Originally Posted by O'Sancheski

I have seen many idler sprockets and am not a huge fan of them. But the sliding bearing blocks are great.

I would love to use sliding bearin blocks but they include lots of machining. And we used idler sprockets in low speed area's and we love them. This system comes with bearing blocks <3.

[Mk.32]

PVC spacers mounted in between the side rails make for great chain tensors. We run them on the Kit Frame without problems.
Designing and building your own West Coast Drive or similar isn't that hard, provided you have basic milling machining available to you.
I want to see if my team can put this together before kick off: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/37147

Our breaking blocks are just a piece of 1/4 alum plate with 3 holes. One big one in the middle for a press fit bearing, and 2 on the side for 1/4-20s to mount them, not a lot of machining.

[dscarcella]

I have used team 221 drive systems for the past 2 years and they work flawlessly. Team 27 has been using this system for years and it works great for them. We used the universal chassis last year and are going to hopefully use the super light this year. It all depends on the game. There are some new improvements that Anthony has made to the super light that are better than the universal. It is a great system and easy to put together. We assembled the entire system in about an hour. The tensioning system is great. It is nice to be able to use a tough box or super shifter with this system. It also allows for 6wd or 8wd. I would recommend this drive to anyone. Anthony is great to work with.

[Kettering]

Originally Posted by dscarcella

Anthony is great to work with.

Agreed! He works well with the kids on our team as well as the mentors. He wants everyone to achieve and understand what's going on in 221's designs and will answer any question with detail.