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Ari Allyn-Feuer Ari Allyn-Feuer is offline
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Re: drive train

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Originally Posted by Adama
where can i find info on drive trains?

i have been assigned the tentative drive train captain for this year and for the past two years have usually been on the other design teams
(manipulator, ball picker upper, etc). Anyhow, i don't know a whole lot about FIRST drivetrains although i understand torque and basic physics principles.

i just need some guidence and any tips and tricks on designing and building drive trains for a FIRST robot.

thanks alot
If you're looking for a superior drivetrain, I strongly suggest you look hard into the possibility of a track system. Well designed, a tracked 'bot will push anything else on the field, forward, backward, or sideways. Tracked bots can turn on their footprints, and with the right transmission can go as fast as any other bot.

753 has racked up a bit of a record on the strength of our drivetrains. Last year we won the PNW regional and went to nationals, where we took a divisional third along with 254 and 71. We did it on the strength of our drivetrain; our scorer hardly worked at all but we could guarantee to stop other bots from scoring. 254 knew it was a very strong complement to their scoring, and they drafted us in PNW and at nationals.

This year we're pleased to partner with our sponsor, Outback Manufacturing, to make our award-winning drivetrain available to other teams. Outfitted with a 2-speed transmission, the 'train can go 17 FPS in high gear, and in low has more pushing power than last year's bot!

Because of the lead time to do with the belts from Breco-flex, we need to know whether you're doing it pretty soon so you can get the belts early in the season. Email me at ari.allynfeuer@gmail.com or use a forum PM to talk about it.

Ari.
 


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