Is anyone flipping drive motor or steering motor to be above the frame rather than below the frame? I Know the intent is to lower the center of gravity and provide clearance above the assembly, but i am looking to improve clearance below deck.
Let me know if you’ve tried this.
Mike
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We’re running MK4 this year but yes, I’ve seen people flipping them back on MK4i for better clearances or fewer things to catch a note on. If it works for you, go for it!
We flipped one motor up on our MK4i drive yesterday and had a successful test. If we decide to build an under the frame pickup we will be inverting the front motors.
We decided we wanted to do this, and just figured out a design for this a few days ago, can send our CAD if you’d like.
Yes! 2491 has just flipped motors! It was a bit of a pain for programming but nothing crazy. It gave us a fair bit of room and worked with a drivetrain that was already in use with the regular MK4is we now call them MK4i^2 modules. If you’re worried about programming it’s nothing crazy as all you have to do is invert. If you’re worried about build time, it took us about a practice and a half (4 hours) to have 1 mentor and 1 student flip and replace our modules.
Thanks for the positive feedback. Were going to give it a try.
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