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TD-125-004 without internal teeth, this must be used as a friction drive – what wheels are used with the track? Can you comment on slippage? Seems like the track would need to be pulled very tight on the wheels to transmit much power. Could you help us understand how to use this? thanks,TD-125-004 is a DIY track. You have to do your own timing teeth, etc. Its a very involved job. We are going to put a blog post up today to provide some guidance.
If this is for FIRST robotics, some of the challenges will really test tracks and keeping them on the robot. The course is designed to give tracks a challenge. If you have never built tracks before, we recommend our track and wheel sets. We have performed NIST qualification tests with our LT2 generation 3 and 4 tracks on our LT2 robot without our tracks kicking off or jamming. We have been building and designing tracks for over 10 years and at generation 4 tracks with many stages of evolution. Of course you are going to save a lot by doing it yourself, but there is a reason for the price of our tracks and wheels, custom molds, custom CNC jigs for attaching the cleats, custom machined wheels, etc. They’re all designed specifically to work together to provide great traction and grip without kicking.
Check out our blog post on this topic here.
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