belt drive VS chain drive

[EricH]

Originally Posted by VPpanther

and I'm not sure if we could do a drop center chassis because the rocking back and forth would severely impact what we're trying to do. Would it be bad to just have all 6 colson wheels touching the floor at ounce?

What ARE you trying to do, in general terms?
What is the expected floor?
What sort of upper elements do you anticipate having--precision or "meh, whatever, it's close enough" in terms of motion?

Without knowing those, it's not going to be very easy at all to give anything like a "correct" answer, not that one exists. Knowing those, we can steer you around the pitfalls and away from any "incorrect" answers. This is especially important if you've only got one shot.


I would probably go with you don't want 6 colsons on the floor simultaneously, but that would also depend on wheelbase vs trackwidth--the higher the trackwidth/wheelbase ratio, the more "stick" you can get away with in your wheels.