Drivetrains!??!?!?!?!?!?

Lance, I will email you a few pictures of my new heavyweight and its drive setup. I used a combination of spur gears and sprockets and chain to firstly gear down and then secondly to transfer the drive from the rear wheels to the front.

Sprockets work a treat but you have to line them up correctly.

Never attach a wheel directly to a motor. You always have to gear the wheel down so that the wheel rotates with less speed but more torque.

When it comes to attaching a wheel or sprocket to a shaft there are a number of options available. What weight class are you looking at building in?

I would not recommend either the middle or light as there are so few robots around in these classes (if any). I would recommend you start off with a featherweight (12kg) and then look to something bigger.

do u have an aim and yah im going for middle and i got a guy doing the electronics but i have a great plan for drivetrain i kind of get it but he said his team for school just used to attach tires to the motor but that was just hanging up hangers

Hi Lance,
Your profile gives Harligen as your home town.
Harlingen Texas?