Andymark rhino drivetrain discussion

[JamesCH95]

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.

Originally Posted by dradel

Granted, but where is this open field you refer to?? It isn't like the Airial assist field! A quick back up or move forward and your touching the outer defense and bam foul.
Now I'm not saying there won't be defense played hard this year, but the potential for hits like in 2014 are going to be rare. Plus I would think most would be more worried on breaking defenses and or scoring in the tower. But we shall see

Therein lies the rub.

An open-field pin, or more precisely: an open field t-bone, doesn't require a high-speed impact. All it requires is a defender applying steady pressure to the side of another robot to completely ruin their ability to maneuver. I would encourage you to try this out with two or more robots, it is comically effective and easy to do.