- 0-10
- 11-20
- 21-30
- 31-40
- 41-50
0 voters
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Not as many as should be on my robot.
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Same
Twenty characters
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Enough.
More than that poll
Lots more
So many that I keep running out of spacers
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After a quick count from memory, I believe the number comes out to be around 80.
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Do you use the bearing flat pins? Like the black pieces that hold them to metal? Or just the screws?
There are never enough bearing flats.
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If you can count the number of bearing flats on your robot just by looking, you’re not using enough.
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These are generally never used on competition robots. They are sometimes used for prototyping and classroom/educational use.
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Today’s lesson: Bearing flat pins
Ok class, this is a bearing flat pin. It’s not very strong and will leave wiggle room if used incorrectly. Never use them.
Class dismissed
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We have seen very good results with them to reduce weight of components, and they have been fairly strong, we don’t use them for places that need a lot of strength, but they are nice and low profile
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Nylon screws and nuts are better.
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Petition to add ‘Too Many’ as an option to a new poll?
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Better question: What IS a bearing flat?
Oh no…
A bearing flat is a small plastic part than is perfectly sized to allow VEX shafts and screws to free-spin without rubbing against other metal.
Generally, they are vital to making a good robot.
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bearing flats, or flat bearings, are used to keep an axel from having too much friction by making the axel go through a circle hole rather than a square one (only used in VRC, and not IQ)
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We just put them through the C channels. I have never used one of these.
For a while I thought they were field parts.
Bro use them anywhere you have an axle
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The basics of building are why our organization always has our new teams build the V5 clawbot, and sometimes the current season’s trainer build (the so-called hero-bot). By building these trainers, you learn the basics of good-quality VEX construction prior to beginning design & build.
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