FRC488 Drive Train Video

[Madison]

...thought some folks might care to look at some video of our drive train that we have up on YouTube.

First test: http://youtube.com/watch?v=doC8a85LIRI

Second test: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_NADyncGZNE

It doesn't drift quite as well on the carpet as it does on the wood floor, for better or for worse.

[bhsrobotics1671]

nice. those wheels look pretty small. are they 4"?

[Madison]

Originally Posted by bhsrobotics1671

nice. those wheels look pretty small. are they 4"?

Yes -- the center wheels are 4x1" IFI Traction Wheels and the corner wheels are custom-built 4" omniwheels.

[bhsrobotics1671]

very nice

[TubaMorg]

Nice chassis and great driving. If y'all could figure out how to get the power slide working on the carpet, you're going to be hard to beat!

[DarkFlame145]

sweet, we should be driving around in a few days also. I will try to get footage

[MOE]

Helloooo from the North East
Chassis looks great with a super drive set up. How fast is the bot? Great job after only 2 weeks. GOOD LUCK from Team 88 TJ2 and MOE

Wow. Very very nice! What made you folks make the switch to DeWalt?

[Fred Sayre]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Wow. Very very nice! What made you folks make the switch to DeWalt?

The time and weight savings over what we build in house (also probably single speed) were too great to pass up.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by TubaMorg

Nice chassis and great driving. If y'all could figure out how to get the power slide working on the carpet, you're going to be hard to beat!

It still power slides on the carpet, but not quite as well as on the wooden floors. It's a bit hard to control, actually, so we'll probably be trying to find some way to better manage cornering.

Originally Posted by MOE

Helloooo from the North East
Chassis looks great with a super drive set up. How fast is the bot? Great job after only 2 weeks. GOOD LUCK from Team 88 TJ2 and MOE

Thanks. It moves between 12-14 ft/sec. with no weight on it. It'll slow down as we continue to pile things on top. It's been great having something for folks to play with for a while now, though.

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

Wow. Very very nice! What made you folks make the switch to DeWalt?

They're cheaper than comparable transmissions -- custom or otherwise -- and they're much easier to assemble than a custom transmission of any stripe. They're also smaller and lighter than almost anything else out there.

We saved machine time, money, and weight by using these and, for our pains, get three-speeds and reliability for almost no development time. We made a handful of minor changes -- mostly to how we mounted the transmissions and how we attached the CIM pinion -- but using these was almost a no-brainer once I'd started looking into them seriously.