pic: 6 speed?? Great in theory - lets see how it works!

[Hinkel Y.]

Originally Posted by Sean Schuff

CVT - continuously variable transmission.

See http://www.andersoncvt.com/ for a pretty slick variation. I'm not sure if I found this site by poking around or if someone linked to it in a post on CD. It looks good but seems fairly large. For FIRST applications you would have to scale the design down enough to make it practical yet keep it as large as necessary to be robust.

Lots of awesome input! I love how these boards work for all of us!!

Thanks all!

Sean

A similar cvt is this by Pat Roche posted up on CD a few months ago...http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=7945&direction =DESC&sort=date&perrow=4&trows=3&quiet=Verbose

Wouldn't there be a problem with the FSB (?) that was described on the A+CVT that the belt just slip right off or shear if it push another robot? If it uses a chain like the A+CVT, the FSB would have to be really strong if it hits something at high speed cuz it could bend or snap.