Drive train help.

[FrisbeeFunTime]

Originally Posted by EDesbiens

For the drive train, I'd use aluminum... Even if wood can be solid, I'm too afraid of it breaking. It's still a viable option and my opinion is not worth a lot in mecanical stuff

I'd use a receiver and a transceiver to drive the robot... If you don't have too much functions, everything can be kept simple and you get a nice range out of it.What would you need to control? The drivetrain, the shooting wheel and something to drive the frisbees into the shooter?

Our intent was to build the drivetrain and then add the shooter mechanism at a later point in time. Our worry with aluminum was it is more expensive than wood so if we were to mess up a whole then it would a fairly pricey mistake. We do see that the rc car system would be easier but our fear with that system would be if the robot starts peeling left or right we don't see a way to correct that. Thank you for the information you provided.