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By: Rangel(kf7fdb)
New: 13-01-2013 21:40
Updated: 13-01-2013 21:56
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Falcon Robotics presents our drivetrain for the 2013 season. It features the Andymark KOP chassis except we put in 4" wheels instead of 6" wheels so that we can cut down the ends of the frame by 1" on each side making the robot 30.25" x 23.25." This lets us fit into the 54" cylinder more nicely. Our thinking for going with this drivetrain was that we wanted to spend as minimal amount of time on the drive as possible so that we can spend the greater majority of our time making our manipulators. Also, did we mention that this will be our first non fiberglass drivetrain in the last 8 years!
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14-01-2013 11:15
Nick Lawrence
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
I'm going to miss the fiberglass drive you guys are so well known for.
-Nick
14-01-2013 12:33
Wayne TenBrink
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
What is the ground clearance? Is it low enough to push discs along the ground, high enough to drive over them, or somewhere in between where you are more likely to get hung up on one?
14-01-2013 12:49
s_forbes
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink
What is the ground clearance? Is it low enough to push discs along the ground, high enough to drive over them, or somewhere in between where you are more likely to get hung up on one?
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16-01-2013 11:03
karomata
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
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Originally Posted by s_forbes
The ground clearance is about 3/8" higher than our drivetrain from last year, which didn't have any trouble sliding over the Frisbees in our tests (1" of ground clearance with slick framerails). We'll probably have to do something about those boltheads that poke out of the bottom though. We'll do a lot of testing after we get it assembled for sure.
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16-01-2013 11:30
Gregor
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
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Originally Posted by karomata
You could just have the bumpers hover over the ground at a level low enough to push the discs but high enough to not get caught on anything...
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22-01-2013 22:45
TeraViks
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
Nice looking CAD rendering 842! Curious though - why 4 CIMs??
22-01-2013 23:01
Rangel(kf7fdb)
Re: pic: Team 842 FRC 2013 Drivetrain
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Originally Posted by TeraViks
Nice looking CAD rendering 842! Curious though - why 4 CIMs??
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Overall though we are really happy with this drivetrain. The tensioning system is so so simple. No maintenance once assembled except for the cleaning of the belts. Here is a video of it driving:Slow gear ratio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcrvnKA7g2k
High and most likely gear ratio we will use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0oGbXPg6K4
Note that the reason the standard gearing is so slow is because we went down to 4" wheels for arm clearance reasons.
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