Andymark rhino drivetrain discussion

[JamesCH95]

I too am interested to see how these treads work out with full-weight robots, especially with open-field hits.

What makes me nervous is the turnbuckle used to tension the treads that relies on the eyelets to stay bent closed. The first thing I would do with one of those tread modules is to weld those eyelets closed. My intuition is that it will only take one or two hits to open those up.

Of course, I might be completely wrong...

Originally Posted by dradel

I am pretty confident the tracks will stay on when pushed from the side. The pulleys have a V groove which the the belt has an inverted v that fits in the groove. Is it possible that they could slide off when pushed from the side and the bot is trying to move forward or backward? Sure it's possible, but if the drive just lays off the controls for a couple seconds they won't "slide" off. Keep in mind someone can only push for 5 seconds and then has to back off.

You might want to check G22... ROBOTS can only pin for 5s. I think that you would have a hard time arguing that being pushed in an open field counts as a PIN.