Moment of inertia and turning performance

[roystur44]

Chinmay,

Try some smaller wheels and drop the bumper as low as you can get it. Geared correctly with the smaller wheels you will find the robot accelerates quickly. We design in the placement of the wheels close to the perimeter of the frame. The frame needs to be very stiff if you want the robot to run fast and turn gracefully. Try to keep the weight of the robot as low as possible and between the front and rear axles.

Here are some pictures of our 6 wheel sheetmetal chassis for 2012:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1177698...12BuildSeason#

One of 971 summer projects is to invite local teams to a question and answer to our design process, materials, fabrication methods. Shoot us a email if you are interested.


Roy

[Chinmay]

Originally Posted by roystur44

One of 971 summer projects is to invite local teams to a question and answer to our design process, materials, fabrication methods. Shoot us a email if you are interested.

Thanks for the offer I'm in CT right now and will be here for the next 10 weeks still in school doing research, but I'll have some of the kids on the team shoot you guys an email and take a closer look at your drive train. I'd love to see the facility and the robot in person near the end of summer when i get back home I'll be in touch...