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see my profile for pic of my mounts.
Ive never had a motor break using these, or gearbox, other than through putting too much power through and breaking the gears.
hi john,
can i offer 2 suggestions to help preserve your gearboxes, I assume it is the plastic rear plate on the gearbox that holds the motor on that is your problem??
1- use a second, or move your current, large hole mount (the one for the rear of the motor) to the other side of the ferrite ring (you need to slide this off the motor and replace later) which gives more support at this point. use screww/bolts and thin ali or steel tube as a long washer to brace this area for extra rigidity.
2- drill holes in your wheels tire. assuming they are solid rubber, putting holes across the tread creates squishy spokes in the rubber. these can be tuned with a little trial and error to give support running normally, but under the high loads of flipping, will deform and allow your chassis to rest on the ground, taking the loads away from your gearbox.
hmm well its on 10mm poly floor atm and ive moved the second mount where johnos just bolts a perspex 10mm plate on to gear box as i say we wre working on it
the metal 3 prong bit keeps snapping and locks g/box up but in for another test tom at Robots live
John, Beauty came a long way. And youll keep upgrading her untill nothing breaks anymore.
From a bufferless 25mm bore ram to a buffered 60mm bore ram.... (not a ram build by me, but by Inventor)
That means you came from 250 kg of slow force to 1412 kg of faster action. And that all for less weigth.
I wonder why things break?
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