I was wondering if someone could help me break down the motor allocation of good teams like chewbotca. I understand they generally have four motor drivetrains and then the intake and back roller however we we attempt to build this we run into strength issues on our intake and back roller. I also see significant conversation about using a pto but where is it used?
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AS far as I can tell, there are 3 main ways you can go with motor allocation. The first and easiest to construct is just 2 motor drive, 2 motor intake, 2 motor outtake. This is fairly easy to construct and uses no pneumatics making it ideal for beginning teams. The two main layouts for robots similar to chewbotcas are either a 2 motor pto and 4 motor drive, or a 4 motor pto and 2 motor drive. They both have there atvantedges, but this year I believe that it is overall better to do 2 motor pto and 4 motor drive allowing for a large amount of speed, and for a slightly easier pto construction. However, if you want, you could do a 4 motor pto, but in my opinion this is not as good, as drive speed is slightly more important then intake speed. There are also some fringe cases of 3 motor ptos which would be ideal if your team were to use a H-Drive, but that adds a lot of unnecessary complexity for a very minimal gain in performance, and a loss in performance. Based on your issues, if you can build a effective pto, then 4 motor drive 2 motor PTO is the best. But if you don’t want to take the segnifigent time and financial investment into pnematics, it is probably best to do a 2-2-2
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What they can also do is a non pneumatic PTO slider mech: 4 motor drive 2 motor out. This is way more complicated but is possible.
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It depends on the design.
Thanks for the help but even with a two motor tpo do you have one for intake and back roller then one for the choo choo or t fling?