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Re: caster wheel design
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:22:34 GMT
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Steve Baker <[sjbaker1@]IHateSpam[airmail.net]>
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If you are planning on running on smooth surfaces, you might be suprised
at how well your robot drives and turns with just one of those domed
2x2 'gliders' instead of a wheeled caster.
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| (...) How heavy is this? A caster needs an offset, but making this offset as small as possible should reduce bending. I usually use a medium pulley on a #3 axle; either end of the axle is held in the pin hole of a Technic crossblack, while short (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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