Mount Middle Slide Wheel

[jeremylee]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

If you do, put it on a separate gearbox, or have a differential between them so that you don't create a counter-torque when rotating or turning.

Agreed.

[mrjagdad]

We too are going to have mount the slider wheel in the middle.
I am concerned about it hitting the ramp.
Does anyone have a picture or drawing of a mount involving a spring?

Thanks in advanced.

[BOSS]

We are running a slide drive, we are using a pneumatic cylinder to drive the slide drive down, so far we have not had an issue with going over the ramp. We put the center wheel on with its own gear box that tilts in and out of the frame.

[Joseph Smith]

Originally Posted by Arpan

3061 is using a 'fork' style suspension where the gearbox drives one of two wheels into the ground. We like it because unlike spring systems it does not take weight off of our drive wheels when the strafing wheel is unpowered.

Sounds like what 148 did in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRwvQ2D_B-c
very cool design, my biggest concern would be keeping the strafe straight with only a single strafe wheel contacting the ground.