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Re: pic: Versadrop Decadrive
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Originally Posted by Ari423
If that's true, why would you not use chains to connect the two sides for better power distribution? I thought that was the main benefit of butterfly drive over octocanum.
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The main reason that it doesn't have a chain or belt linking the two sides right now is the center bars. With chain that's not so bad to do. But our team has been looking at belts which makes it slightly harder to design and maintain due to needing to remove the center bars if a belt needs to be replaced.
<sidenote> like this the design can be quickly switched to mecanum wheels if we wanted to test various drive options early in the season.
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