http://letsmakerobots.com/taxonomy/term/197 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-DA http://letsmakerobots.com/node/387 <p>Just a quick tip on belt tracks, if you'd never did them before, and want to try :)</p><p>Simple; one wheel in each side follows a motor, rest is free to turn.</p><p>Motors can of course be in same end, but some times it is convenient to have them in each, and that is easy, see the picture.</p><p>Belts should always be a little loose, to minimize friction, yuo do not want tight straps. </p><p>Cool thing is, you can tun on a plate. And they make a nice, steady base.. and look awsome :)</p><p>Uncool thing is they tend to slow things down.</p><p><a href="http://letsmakerobots.com/node/387">read more</a></p> http://letsmakerobots.com/node/387#comments belt track caterpillar http://letsmakerobots.com/crss/node/387 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:36:03 +0200 fritsl 387 at http://letsmakerobots.com http://letsmakerobots.com/node/145 <p>Nice litle set of belt-tracks. Kinda cute! </p><p><a href="http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gmtpkg/" title="http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gmtpkg/">http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gmtpkg/</a></p><p>Price is for a pair! </p><p>You will need to sort out how to mount the 2 axels that are not on the motor, but it can be done quite easily: <a href="http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112" title="http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112">http://letsmakerobots.com/node/112</a> </p> http://letsmakerobots.com/node/145#comments belt tracks caterpillar tank tracks treads Output devices, motors, servos and locomotion http://letsmakerobots.com/crss/node/145 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:23:23 +0100 fritsl 145 at http://letsmakerobots.com