pic: Rastogi 8wd Iteration 1.2

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902

Being on 1902 I can say that when the flanges are facing outward it is significantly easier to run maintenance on the drive train. Considering that the space you are working with is already very small it is difficult to get to all the components even on the robot we have this year. I can only imagine what it would have been like if it were the other way around, having that "obstacle" in the way would have made some points of repair for us very difficult especially when we had a master link failure at Florida.

Also what I think with the flanges facing inward towards each other means you would have to design enough space for your chain/belt to run depending on your configuration. Which means you might have less space elsewhere for another mechanism or something like that.

BTW very nice render It has inspired me to get finished with my school work faster so i can finally get around to designing my own sheet metal drive train!

Ah thanks for the insight Andrew.

You might also like this. I tried to copy it from one of the pictures that was posted of your 2010 bot.