pic: 4587-Sheet Metal Chassis V.2

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by Adrian Clark

I like it, I think you've got the right idea. You could totally get away with this but here's some thoughts.

What made you choose a dead axle over live axle? And in this setup do you plan to cantilever the gears? I think you could save weight if you ran live axle gears as you could fit a much smaller gear in between the cims.

I think you could simplify it a bit by removing one of the gears between the gear on the module shaft and the closest cim.

I could be totally wrong here, but in those renders is the robot not as long?

-Adrian

I had planned to run these as dead axle cantilevered gears on shoulder bolts I chose dead so it could be ran on the shoulder bolts. If I did run it live axle, wouldn't it be more weight or close to the same, as I would have to run the axle all the way through and use more bearings?

I don't quite follow you on removing one of the gears. I put that many on there so I could remove the belt that attaches the two butterfly modules together.

In this configuration the robot would be the same length and width, but it could be easily modified and changed.

Sorry for any mistakes I typed this on mobile.