pic: Concept 6W Drive Train

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Infinity2718

We ran bumper supports similar to that and milled the rails manually. Our wc drive performed awesome last year, no issues. By the end of the season the bumpers were all smashed in at the top from no framing support and became more difficult to install, that's my beef with it. It also took a bit to get framing supported for mechanisms, there just isn't alot of framing on a wcd. Most of the framing required alot of attention throughout competitions. It's all fairly minor complaints, i don't have an issue doing a wcd again but i think a different approach could free up resources for us.

Can you post your frame and bumper setup from season?

Originally Posted by Infinity2718

I'm confused who this information is for, isn't this the exercise we are going through? I enjoy the commentary and feedback, I am hoping it helps. I'd prefer feedback on pros and cons/strengths and weaknesses, versus design process rhetoric.

It's for anyone willing to read it. Is this the only drive you are developing this fall, or are you also re-designing your WCD to have something to compare to?

Maybe look at vexpro drive in a day, and modifications (or stock) you could do there. I know 558 was really happy with, and just posted about it.