Diagnosing Belt Skip Under Load

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Originally Posted by Chris is me

My unqualified, gut opinion not based on any calculations - you should be fine. 35 chain is extremely strong and forgiving. Properly tensioned, it is quite hard to break 35 chain anywhere on an FRC robot. Much, much harder to size incorrectly than belts.

I am actually more concerned about skipping chain than breaking it. Last year we had skipping problems as a result of overloading and it took us days to properly diagnose and fix it.