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Description
Specifications
Documentation
This is a drive chassis designed especially for the FIRST Tech Challenge community. We took many lessons from building championship-winning drive systems and adapted it for a robust drive system that integrates well with FTC teams' existing stockpiles. This kit omits the Stealth Wheels, NeveRest gearmotors and PicoBox plates (select these based on motor choice).
The foundation of this drive base is a set of 0.090 inch thick aluminum components that provide a sturdy structure to build on. All of the holes in the sheet metal are on a global 16mm pattern, which integrates nicely with many structure components already on the market for FIRST Tech Challenge teams. The included plastic bellypan increases the rigidity of the frame and provides ample mounting options for your electronics. This variant allows the user total freedom to select whatever wheel and motor combination is desired or take advantage of already purchased parts.
Note: This product ships as an unassembled kit of parts.
Gear Ratios: The kit comes with 3 different gear ratio options, so that you can experiment and understand how changing the gear ratio affects the driving performance of the TileRunner.
45 Tooth and 35 Tooth gear combination yields a 1:0.78 over drive
35 Tooth and 45 Tooth gear combination yields a 1:1.28 reduction
2019 Update: M3 NeveRest Mounting bolts are now 5mm (am-1443) long instead of 6mm. Assembly guides have been updated to match the 6-32 Hex Head hardware and details have been added to help clarify build steps.
Part List
TileRunner No Wheels no Gearmotors (am-3297) includes: