Good idea taking a crack at a Swerve drive during the off-season, there is a lot of development involved in something like this.
I don't have Inventor, we do our modeling in SolidWorks. Check the attached ZIP file for a STEP assembly of the Robowranglers 148 - 2008 Coaxial Swerve Module. (The STEP file should import cleanly into Inventor.)
This module was heavily inspired by the Thunderchicken 217 - 2002 & 2003 designs. (Thanks Foof!)
Let me know if you have any questions.
I'm happy to help, and always sympathetic toward a college FIRST team!
Regards,
John
PS - All the dimensions are valid; this is exactly as we built her.
PPS - Don't do a swerve drive for a competition robot.
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Last edited by JVN : 30-04-2008 at 01:21.
Reason: I like 461, had to add the "PPS".
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