01-09-2015, 22:31
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Technical Director
AKA: Gus Michel II
 FRC #3946 (Tiger Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Slidell, LA
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Re: Bearings vs Bearing Blocks
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Originally Posted by carpedav000
I only find bearing blocks advantageous in two ways:
1.) when there is some form of bump in the field (like the scoring platforms this year)
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Originally Posted by Chak
Can you further explain this point please? I don't understand how bearing blocks would help bumps, since they should be just as rigid as popping bearings in.
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I believe that this refers to using actual bearing blocks, not just sheets of aluminum pre-drilled. Something like asking Google Images for pictures of bearing blocks.
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