Swerve Drivetrain

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Don Wright

I see you are from WI. Are you going to IRI?

If you are seriously thinking about doing swerve in the near future, you should make a point of attending. I know that 71, 111, and 469 will all be their with their different methods of swerve and I know 469 would be happy to share with you anything and everything about ours...

Don't forget 118.

Originally Posted by Pelicano234

What is IRI and when is it. As for machining we have a company that can bend aluminum into somewhat complex shapes. And we have a guy that is quite impressive on the mill.

Another question, what keeps coaxil swerve drive modules from turning when you are driving them, aren't the drivetrain motors usually more powerful then the ones that turn the modules?

118 will also be able to answer specific details about their coaxial swerve (the only one at IRI that I know of as 71, 111, and 469 each built other versions of swerves). The basic answer to your question is that the force follows the path of least resistance, and for the drive motors, that is spinning the wheels as it only has to overcome rolling resistance (and built in resistance).