pic: What else has Billfred been doing?

[Tim Delles]

Billfred, here is a video of our kiwi drive. (Looking for the pictures still. Will post when i find. and the other picture i posted was actually teams 857's design) Hope it gives you some ideas.

Edit:// Also don't run it on any hard floor, only use carpet. If you run it on a hard floor it makes the most horrible sound in the world. Well close to it

[Rohan_DHS]

<noob>
how exactly does this type of drive system work, and what are the advantages of using such a drive system over a normal type of drive system?
</noob>

[pakrat]

one awesome thing about these kinds of drives is that they can have increased maneuverability without having to build a complex swerve drive system (having motors to rotate the wheels. You can spin very easily and many teams use a 4 wheel configuration of this idea. I know we did, and about 5 or 6 or the Waterloo teams did too.

I think This is 229's version with wheels at the corners. Billfreds is simpler i think, but it may need casters or whatnot. I think this is a solid design by the way.

[sanddrag]

If those were 6" wheels (they look like 8" right now, are they?) you could get away with putting them right on the gearbox output shafts. Although you'd need a custom hub, which is not desired in this project I guess.