pic: pint sized chaos v2

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

I'm guessing there are no chains because they are more likely to snap in this situation, the belts hopefully would just slip. Would it be a possibility if the weight allows to just go with straight spur gears to get your reduction down, that way you'll keep your efficiency up a little more than with the belts?

How wide are your wheels? They are your first line of defence against the many plough type bots in competition, so wide wheels are always great (i'm sure greg knows that)


Also do you have a brake in the transmission on that?


Looks great, I love the slotted grille on the side that doubles as a way to lighten the machine. That would look really nice if you made it shinny for competition.

I am using belts strictly because of weight. I would love to use gears but unfortunately i really don't have the space and weight for them.


The wheels are 1.25 wide colsons.


There are no breaks on the transmissions, but I figure I won't need them because of the wedges and the fact I can move almost 10 mph.

In the long run I would love to polish then anodize the whole thing (something I have been wanting to try for a while). but since i have a very limited amount of time to actually build this bot I am going to be lucky to get it done.