pic: Team 294 Drivetrain Module

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Peter: I would love to look at your CAD files to get some more opinions, but I wouldn't want to copy of course. I want to get some freshman involved in this and get as much original stuff as we can. However, I do love to see how other people did things.

I understand. When we went to go to a parallel plate drive system this year I looked at every way I could find that anyone has done it and added a few 177 lessons learned to bring us to this revision. The real things people need to remember are simplicity and seviceability of design. For instance to solve your wheel swap out I made our axles from 3/8" Grade 8 hex cap screws that go through 1 plate and thread into the other. This combined with our tensioner design makes the wheels drop right out when needed.