Be afraid... Be VERY Afraid

[ehfeinberg]

Well, it looks like by changing which wheel touches the ground, you can also change the clearance under the chassis. The hard stop looks like the vertical mounting touching the cim (The piece of metal which looks like a bell curve in the back). It looks like you could add 3, 4, maybe even 5 inches in your floor to chassis clearance.

(The big wheel looks like it can rotate clockwise all the way to where the little wheel starts)

Still want a top/bottom view

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by CalTran

I don't think it flips 180, as that CIM will have a hard time going through the mounting material. I think it's just aesthetically pleasing.

Indeed, it is aesthetically pleasing and it does not flip. But don't totally throw away the pivoting idea

[DominickC]

Well, it's obvious you're itching to tell us more...so out with it!

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

I hate to do this but here's a much larger image for everyone's viewing pleasure.



Also, I'm probably 100% wrong but it could possibly be that you have an 8WD narrowed down to a single module.

You are 100% wrong Thanks for posting the larger image.

[dodar]

Is this thing self-pivoting? Or do you just not have the pivoting setup in this model?

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by dodar

Is this thing self-pivoting? Or do you just not have the pivoting setup in this model?

I don't have the pivoting setup on here... This is about 30% of the actual mechanism.

[sanddrag]

Automatic load balancing/switching between pushing force and higher speed? A CVT in there somewhere? Most of the device (as we know it so far) is shown in the render. I don't see any mystery really. I must be missing something here.

[ksafin]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

I don't have the pivoting setup on here... This is about 30% of the actual mechanism.

Well that doesn't do us much justice xD

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Automatic load balancing/switching between pushing force and higher speed? A CVT in there somewhere? Most of the device is shown in the render. I don't see any mystery really. I must be missing something here.

You're missing nearly everything . Like I said, this is about 30% of the mechanism. It's not at all what you guys think it is.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

This is certainly revolutionary, keep in mind that there is a HUGE concept that you're not seeing here.

Allow me to point out that if we can't see the concept (a third of it is missing), there is no way that we can tell if it's revolutionary or not. It may be that several teams have already done something--in that case it's NOT revolutionary unless there is something completely new.

What it is is it's a pivoting drivetrain section. If there is something else that is part of the drivetrain, that makes it different from any other pivoting drivetrain like an octocanum or the pivot-shifters of yesteryear, then it's either not put in or very well camouflaged.

Unless those two bolts at the near visibility side indicate modularity, that is, the ability to swap it out for another module in drivetrain, I think you need to raise the stakes significantly--say, pay $100 and hire whoever guesses correctly to decipher the game hint for you. (Incidentally, the modularity concept could run you into some trouble if you don't do it right--all modules go through inspection at the same time.)

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

If anyone can correctly guess what this is, I solemnly swear that I will send you $15.00 on paypal before kickoff.

Here's a top view for ya

[DanielDTech]

Originally Posted by EricH

Allow me to point out that if we can't see the concept (a third of it is missing), there is no way that we can tell if it's revolutionary or not. It may be that several teams have already done something--in that case it's NOT revolutionary unless there is something completely new.

What it is is it's a pivoting drivetrain section. If there is something else that is part of the drivetrain, that makes it different from any other pivoting drivetrain like an octocanum or the pivot-shifters of yesteryear, then it's either not put in or very well camouflaged.

Unless those two bolts at the near visibility side indicate modularity, that is, the ability to swap it out for another module in drivetrain, I think you need to raise the stakes significantly--say, pay $100 and hire whoever guesses correctly to decipher the game hint for you. (Incidentally, the modularity concept could run you into some trouble if you don't do it right--all modules go through inspection at the same time.)

What I said was two thirds of it is missing. No modularity here. And I purposely took out the distinguishing part of the mechanism so that it wouldn't be completely obvious. There is definitely something completely new here, no doubt about it

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

What I said was two thirds of it is missing. No modularity here. And I purposely took out the distinguishing part of the mechanism so that it wouldn't be completely obvious. There is definitely something completely new here, no doubt about it

Raise the stakes, then. $1000 and payment to guess the game from the game hint. You're NOT going to get anybody guessing correctly if you only give us 1/3 of the mechanism. See also "game hint".

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by DanielDTech

What I said was two thirds of it is missing. No modularity here. And I purposely took out the distinguishing part of the mechanism so that it wouldn't be completely obvious. There is definitely something completely new here, no doubt about it

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[Kevin Selavko]

While driving one way it uses one of the wheels, when it reverses the belt/wheel setup pivots around to go onto the other wheel with a different torque/speed.