It’s called triangle banding. It is more consistent than linear banding.
How so? Enlighten me to your rubber banding preferences.
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Triangle banding:
Linear banding:
I heard that the point is to have the bands make an equalatireal triangle at the peak of the arm,for triangle banding. But the main i da ea for both is to have the rubber bands be farther apart at the bottom, ad very close at the start. That way the arm will be “wanting” to go up.
That is the point of rubber banding a lift in general. The point of using a triangle instead of straight banding it is so the rubber bands provide constant torque on the lift. With straight banding, as the lift goes up, the rubber bands get closer to one another at the top and have less torque on the lift. Though the bands do get closer to one another with triangle banding, the change in angle will keep the torque on the lift more consistent if done right. See the original UTRB post for a more in-depth explanation of why this works.
Hi @333A!
I gotta say, your tutorial on DR4Bs definitely was a life-saver. Thank you so much for spending your time contributing to the community and making that public for everyone!
Imma use 2-3 motors on it
Seriously???
Seriously???
You don’t need more than 2 motors on a DR4B. If you don’t have to lift heavy loads, you can make a 1 motor DR4B that works fine using V5. I have no experience with IQ motors so take this with a grain of salt, but I would think that since you only have 6 motors to work with you’d want to use only 1 on the lift if possible.
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Ok thanks for the advice
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oh hey noah! I was the driver from 44844B, the 4 rocketeers! remember me?
Hey @BritBoi101 how’s it going? That makes the third person (I think) I’ve seen on the forums from Wisconsin! It really is the best region. 
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I am doing a Ferris wheel type robot . It can grab 6 risers at a time. Did anybody else think of doing this too?
wow. will you be posting a youtube video about it
I don’t quite know yet. If you want, I can post some pictures of how it is coming so far. I am waiting for my next shipment of parts to arrive.
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How are you gonna do that? Can you tell us the robot idea in a bit more detail?
Really Show me That, I am goona go out of my brain
So the wheel itself is I think 14 and half inches and the claw fills up the rest of the height limit. I made the drivetrain with 2 linear lifts on the sides 4 * 12 plate. That allows me to lift the entire wheel off the ground. Thereby allowing it to: hold all six risers, reach the third riser, and finally stay within the height limit. The center of the wheel is made up of two 64 tooth gears connected in the outer holes by 1 by 6 beams. I then ran 2 by 12 beams off those and attached them to plates with hooks that hold the risers in place. BTW does any body know where to get those spring pieces? Can’t seem to find them on the VEX website. Here are pictures. (Nowhere near done though) If you guys have any ideas that might help could you tell me?
Sorry it said new users may only post one image per post. Here are the rest.