Next, the VEX IQ Challenge Robot Sizing Tool. Similar to that for VRC, this tool can be used to make sure VIQC robots will fit in the required starting dimensions.
The two new VEX EDR products go hand-in-hand. Introducing Star Drive Shaft Collars and Set Screws.
All four of these new products are now available to purchase from the VEX Robotics US site. They will be available through our channel of resellers and international websites as stock ships out over the coming weeks.
Will the new star-drive shaft collars replace the old hex ones in the V5 Competition Super Kit? Our organization is considering buying one or more of those.
The hex set screws will strip out (or get lost) soon enough, then you can just replace them with torx set screws you buy in bulk from a non-vex supplier!
We bought a V5 Competition Super kit in April of this year and it came with the star-drive shaft collars. There were no hex screws of any sort in the kit.
Whats the difference between star drive shaft collar and regular ones? And isnt set screws already existing or is it just my team buying it not from vex?
On a more practical note, if you follow the instructions How to make a handle for boxes you can then carry the original boxes. Better is to stack the tiles as 2*1 and strap that, then put all the corners and sides into a single box. Not as much to assemble / disassemble, and when we get to the bigger fields it still a pile of floor and a box of sides. I may start stacking the floor as 3 * 1 to keep the height of the stack down.
The regular shaft collars and associated set screws had a hex head. The star drive ones take a different screwdriver tip (T8 Torx) that is less prone to stripping.
No, the current ones are hex drives. Hex for hexagon. Star drives are stars. Star for…well…star. it’s kinda star shaped. With pointy ends. I’m not looking forward to having to buy new drivers though.
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