pic: GBX-139, budget swerve

[Colin Small]

Originally Posted by asid61

Yup! This is how 1323 did it last year, and is the lightest way I've found to make a swerve module.

How though? If it turns all the way around, what connects the outside teeth to the central part of the gear? Is there a slot cut into only a section of the gear?

[asid61]

Originally Posted by Colin Small

How though? If it turns all the way around, what connects the outside teeth to the central part of the gear? Is there a slot cut into only a section of the gear?

The drive motor has a 12t pinion that is coaxial with the turning gear. When the module turns, the center-center distance between this gear and the offset one remains constant like a point going around a circle. Have you taken a look at the CAD yet? I'm not sure I answered your question right.