pic: SimpleChassis

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Originally Posted by DevenStonow

I don't wanna speak for the designer, but one of the immediate 'advantages' I see of this, not necessarily as opposed to the kitbot, but other COTS drivebases, is that I'm sure, aside from transmissions/motors/wheels, this could be built for <$75 with stuff that can be bought on a single trip to Home Depot

Yep, and gearboxes etc can be recycled. You could even say it has this advantage over the kitbot, because you could just get the $450 Andymark voucher instead.

Also, some teams may have opted out of the kitbot, and since then realized that they really needed it. I know that my team thought we were going to be a lot better off this than we actually are, especially in terms of CAD resources.

And, some people may just not like the kitbot. Especially this year when we don't know what to expect. So this would be a good alternative for those people, just like the COTs drivebases.

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

I'm looking more at the slots that need to be machined and precise manual hole drilling that most low resource teams won't be able to do.

Last year we machined a very similar chassis with mainly a band saw and a drill press. The slots were made with a dremel and worked fine (although this year we are probably going to make them with our manual mill that we finally learned how to use).

Originally Posted by Madison

The brackets used for the eyebolt tensioning system are a little funky. Where would you source those?

Those are just 2 1in piece of angle aluminum.

Originally Posted by markmcgary

I think the CAD rendering is a little funky. Double images on the outside wheels and the eyebolts.

The wheels aren't a problem with the render. We had double wheels, 1 on either extreme of the chain tensioning, and I forgot to hide one.