pic: Skunkswerve....team 1983

Originally Posted by Dave McLaughlin

Yes, there are two bevel gears used for power transfer.

I'm curious if your choice of bevel gears matches ours. If you don't feel like publishing which ones you used, would you mind PMing me?

[Dave McLaughlin]

I would be happy to share the specs, I can post them with a picture of the updated design tomorrow.

[dtengineering]

A bit of simple traction control might come in handy. Our programmers are working on just using a PID loop in Labview (which makes such things a bit easier) to slowly ramp up wheel speed.... BUT.... with a "turbo over-ride" button for when the driver wants to put on a drifting demonstration.

I notice that even my "toy" car has a "traction control off" switch on the dashboard for when I want to light 'em up a bit.

Jason

[Dave McLaughlin]

We are using a Boston Gear HLK101Y bevel gear. We chose this gear to allow us to swap wheels and drive effectivly on carpet after the season is over, so for use on the FRP it is WAY overkill.

Originally Posted by Dave McLaughlin

We are using a Boston Gear HLK101Y bevel gear. We chose this gear to allow us to swap wheels and drive effectivly on carpet after the season is over, so for use on the FRP it is WAY overkill.

Excellent, we picked the same ones.

I agree, most strength teams are used to doing is total overkill on FRP. The entire robot will slide before most parts bend...

[Dave McLaughlin]

Thank you for the advice. After checking back with our programming team I have learned that we are putting some effort in developing a traction control system, but we are spending the majority of our time learning how to track using the camera...

[Dave McLaughlin]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

Excellent, we picked the same ones.

I agree, most strength teams are used to doing is total overkill on FRP. The entire robot will slide before most parts bend...

If you have any other questions regarding components we would be happy to share...

[5n1p3r]

cool