pic: 3928 Swerve Module

[Aren_Hill]

Finally set a module on the scale, 6.53lbs as pictured in the first post

[pwnageNick]

Sorry to revive an old thread but any plans on making this a 2-speed Aren?

-Nick

[Aren_Hill]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

Sorry to revive an old thread but any plans on making this a 2-speed Aren?

-Nick

I know how i'd do it, but that doesn't mean it EVER needs to happen, so no

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

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Aren,
This swerve module truly is a thing of beauty. I love how compact you were able to make it. The design work is top-notch. I'm glad you brought it down to TX so I could play with it this summer.

That said...

I just posted video of FRC Team 3928 Neutrino first match EVER!
You can see their swerve in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx0zv4H21MQ

And Match 16 is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiytvLHfR3c

...having watched these two matches I haven't actually seen the swerve in action. Did you ever run into a match situation where you NEEDED to go sideways? There weren't any maneuvers in either of those videos that couldn't be accomplished by a skid-steer drivetrain.

Beautiful swerve, probably not needed.

Love,
John

[Aren_Hill]

Oh i'm fully aware, we kinda lost most of our practice time to rebuilding the robot the GDC didn't like, whole host of issues, but still a fair amount of fun.

You're aware of my feelings on this subject, I seem to have gotten some Texas on me

[Katie_UPS]

To add, for those who don't know Aren personally, we very rarely -if ever- used the swerve to its full potential during match play.

We had very little driver practice due to undergoing a "second build season" to revamp elements of our robot instead of spending pre-regional time with driver practice.

[Nick Lawrence]

Maybe the GDC likes dogs instead of cats, Aren.

Also, the most important part of this photo is the can of Mountain Dew in the background.

-Nick

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

To add, for those who don't know Aren personally, we very rarely -if ever- used the swerve to its full potential during match play.

Has your team been practicing with the drive since the end of the season? Any plans to stick with this going forward or will you play it by ear based on next year's game? A drive team with an entire off-season's worth of driver practice with a swerve drive would be a force to be reckoned with.

This drive gets my vote for coolest drive of the 2012 season, blew my mind when I saw it on here.

[rsisk]

It's even cooler in person, especially when you get to hear how it was made. Legend!

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Has your team been practicing with the drive since the end of the season? Any plans to stick with this going forward or will you play it by ear based on next year's game? A drive team with an entire off-season's worth of driver practice with a swerve drive would be a force to be reckoned with.

This drive gets my vote for coolest drive of the 2012 season, blew my mind when I saw it on here.

Hopefully another Neutrino can pipe in with more accurate answers (I've been away while Uni was out of session), but most driver practice has come from demos and the like, not too much in the way of drills. We're planning on going to Cow-Town, so driver practice should be in the plans for preparation, but nothing to the extent that you might be thinking/hoping.

Nothing can be for-sure until the game comes out, but I think we're going to try going much simpler with our drive so we can put more effort/time (and money!) into other aspects.

And thank you! Two of our students devoted their entire build season to creating it, so I'll make sure they get the praise

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

We're planning on going to Cow-Town, so driver practice should be in the plans for preparation, but nothing to the extent that you might be thinking/hoping.

Looking forward to seeing this beauty up close at Cow-Town. After our new members see Bombsquad in action and then look at your modules I'm sure they'll be asking why we haven't done swerve since 2010. I hope they give you a great pit location to account for all the visitors we'll be sending over.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

Looking forward to seeing this beauty up close at Cow-Town.

Why did I not realize this until now?? Cowtown is not, by any means, coming soon enough now.

[runneals]

Kudos to our awesome team of swerve mod builders! Got to hold it the other day and it's pretty cool what they came up with... Weather or not we'll stick with the same design this year is to be seen.

[NXTGeek]

Wow. What a CIM placement!

[Joe.Quirk]

How do connect the steering gear to the mounting plate? I assume there is some thin bearing in between, but how did you retain it vertically? This is for sure one of the coolest things I've ever seen.