paper: FIRST Drive Trains and Structures

[Madison]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

My favorite quote is about the banebots 56mm gearbox...

"I wouldn't trust them farther than I can throw them". (or words to that effect)

You know... you can get quite a bit of distance hurling one of those little things.

I've actually found ours to be quite reliable since they were fixed... but would have been willing to provide data on how far they could be thrown in about the first or second week of last February.

Since then they have contributed to our most reliable drivetrain ever, since their long shaft allowed for direct drive we had no chains to come off, thus eliminating one of the most common modes of failure for a drivetrain.

It is a nice powerpoint, I suspect it was a pretty fun presentation.

Thanks,

Jason

The folks we were presenting to were sure to heckle us for our unending dislike of the Banebots transmissions and we softened up on them a little in the end. Our experience with their 256:1 transmissions was not positive, however.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words about this presentation. I'm glad to see that folks found it helpful and we'll be fine tuning it as Fred and I go on a world tour, apparently, and give this presentation a few more times.