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The critical drive train components for a steering chassis. All that's needed now is a welded chassis frame to mount on.
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01-02-2009 00:41
=Martin=Taylor=
Re: pic: 1351 Wheel Modules
Cool!
You'll be like the 3rd Nor-Cal team to do swerve.
Is it just me or are the vertical miter-gears plastic?
01-02-2009 00:46
Woodworker88
Re: pic: 1351 Wheel Modules
Looks great. Were the side plates CNC'd or waterjetted?
01-02-2009 00:54
Akash Rastogi
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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII
Cool!
You'll be like the 3rd Nor-Cal team to do swerve. Is it just me or are the vertical miter-gears plastic? |
You think that it'd be a problem in the future?
01-02-2009 02:20
R.C.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
So its not just me who saw that.
You think that it'd be a problem in the future? |
01-02-2009 10:55
Sam N.
Re: pic: 1351 Wheel Modules
Oh yes - the vertical gears are made of nylon. I don't think mating a steel to a nylon is too uncommon - it's a quieter solution than steel to steel (so I'm told) and doesn't require super-precise positioning. The nylons are also a lot less expensive than their steel counterparts ($4 instead of $30). Still, if the nylons do chew themselves apart, we have a spare set of steel gears.
The parts were CNC'd by Meadows Manufacturing, our local sponsor.
What other Nor-Cal teams are doing swerve?
01-02-2009 12:43
edthegeek
Re: pic: 1351 Wheel Modules
In this situation, I think that having plastic gears is actually pretty acceptable due to the fact that this is not a game of extreme loads. The wheels would break friction and slip on the surface before any teeth would strip.
01-02-2009 17:06
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Originally Posted by edthegeek
In this situation, I think that having plastic gears is actually pretty acceptable due to the fact that this is not a game of extreme loads. The wheels would break friction and slip on the surface before any teeth would strip.
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01-02-2009 18:17
Sam N.
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Our torque and acceleration control algorithms should prevent sudden direction changes at high-speed.
...should
01-02-2009 18:39
gorillamonky
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even if you try and change directions at high speeds, i don't think the friction will allow you to do so, so even if your software fails, the laws of physics should hold
01-02-2009 20:08
Daniel_LaFleur
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Originally Posted by Sam N.
Our torque and acceleration control algorithms should prevent sudden direction changes at high-speed.
...should |
Otherwise, looks great.
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