Increased Viability of X-drive with new (ish) Angle gussets

[VexTeamZ]

@Xenon27

then doing away with the inner beam all together. you’d have a lot of twisting in that outer beam though so you’d need to do a lot of bracing between the sides of your drive to make it sturdy. And you’d probably want to do some more bracing on the wheel pods themselves, just standoffs probably wouldn’t do the trick.

Like this

X-Drive Tips

I spent some time this year designing an x-drive in Fusion 360 to make sure everything lines up perfectly, and I’m pretty happy with the result. It is quite strong, and a change up ball fits in between the motors in the front. Here are some pictures of my design [Album] X-drive v2 [X-drive v2]

Or this:

Simpler X-Drive Design

While it may be simpler than more traditional X drive designs, it seems to lack in terms of structural integrity. For instance, each pod is realistically only mounted with two screws while the end points of the pods aren’t really held together. The “traditional” X drive image that you have linked is also not the most ideal in terms of building an X. A much more robust alternative would be something similar to a design that is based on 5225A’s Tower Takeover X-Drive but without the custom Lexan g…

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