pic: Multipurpose Test Platform

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Originally Posted by bigbeezy

Could you expand on your chassis kits? Do you have precut material and mounting hardware? Did you use it this year and if so how'd it work?

For this build season, it was the KoP AM14U2. Given that we're not up to swerve drive ability, we can build it out as mecanum, omni tank, 6, and 8 wheel drive with minimal cutting. We were also able to make some mounting brackets to convert it to an H drive. While it wasn't as fast as having completed chassis on the shelf, we were able to build each (except the H) in about a Saturday session. This was fast enough that by the time the "working prototype" lift frame was together, one of the drive chassis was ready to go with H-drive, and the other was complete as an omni tank and on its way to being an H-drive.

For 2016, we're looking seriously at using vex versaframe and their gearboxes and shifters, which should allow us to build any of these chassis styles with customizable dimensions and gear ratios and even shifting in only a little more time.