2 Speed and Mecanum 'Trane

watered almonds · #1 10-01-2008, 00:22

It just occurred to me that I've never seen one in FIRST. Can anyone think of a team that's done this? Thanks.

AndyB · #2 10-01-2008, 03:28

Don't think its ever been done.

Only way you could do it very well would be with dewalts i think. You need an individual gearbox for each wheel which eliminates most shifters.

What would be the benefits of a shifting design on mecanums? Not like your going to get a tremendous amount of pushing power out of them anyways. High or low gear.

chris31 · #3 10-01-2008, 07:10

We did a prototype of it over the summer to see how it would work. We ended up changing it around and modifying it but I dont have any pics of that.

Steve Kaneb · #4 10-01-2008, 08:37

Team 40 did it in 2006, with DeWalt Transmissions. There really aren't any good pictures of the robot, but the shifters were effective.

watered almonds · #5 10-01-2008, 11:21

Thanks for the help. I not planning on doing anything like this (I'm not near a team), but it just seemed to me like somebody in FIRST had probably tried this by now. It just seemed like something that had to happen at least once. : )

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