pic: WCD Sheet Metal Concept Chassis

[Rion Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Edoc'sil

Looks sharp, where are the wheels from and what cad did u use, the render looks sharp

I CADed the wheels a few weeks back, the entire thing was done in SolidWorks.

Originally Posted by Edoc'sil

How would you tension the chains? Will you just CAD them to be the right distance apart?

The tensioning system will be spring powered so that we wont really have to check on the chain too much.

Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder

if you are going to do this make sure that the chain is not going through a tube, my team did something exactly like that for 2008 and it ended a very badly, we dremeled at least 5 holes in the cover at competition in order to fix it. also, be sure to leave a lot of space between the chain and its cover, otherwise when in operation the chain vibrates just a little bit and hits the cover. as long as you dont have those issues, that drive looks fantastic.

When you say don't take the chain through a tube, what do you mean? Would the in side the side channel there count as your tube?

Originally Posted by ttldomination

I have a question in general about the WCD system, are you using generic bearings/bushings int he sheet metal for the axles, or are there some special ones?

Because WCD are done with live hex axles most of the time, teams use bearing blocks and then hex bearings. I can't remember who right now sells the bearing blocks(AndyMark?), but I do remember that AndyMark sells the bearings.


Garrett, it looks awesome.