Is there any vex v5 component that allows suspension similar to a spring? I tried to use rubber bands but it snapped
Why are you trying to add a suspension. Perhaps if you let us know more about your problem there will be an alternative solution. In most cases, rubber bands would work, have you tried to use higher quality rubber bands? If you have some space you could make something similar to an x-lift, like this:
It would have similar function to a spring
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Are the high quality rubber bands you mentioned strong? If so i will be considering to order some
Thanks for helping
Could you send a picture of the rubber bands you are currently using? If they are the light yellow/beige vex bands, then you should try to get blue alliance rubber bands. If you are using the orange vex ones, then it won’t be much of a difference. However, could you tell me why you need a suspension? Perhaps there is a solution without a suspension.
if you’re trying to suspend the wheels… I’d look at a bellcrank design using bands.
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Torsion bar suspension could be a relevant concept. I’ve idly wondered what the torsion characteristics of the low strength shafts would be in a torsion rod suspension system. It would make healthy content for a notebook to investigate and reject or adopt. There are legal shaft lock plates, or you could consider cutting and filing close-fit holes in a steel element. Don’t forget that suspension bounces unless damped, and the only relevant element in legal vex builds that I can think of immediately would be a pneumatic cylinder with a partially closed flow valve. Plenty of stuff drops out of google: Torsion bar suspension - Wikipedia
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Or an air spring. Take a cylinder and plug the air port(s). Or connect to air and set the pressure extremely low. Think ‘shock absorber’.
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This is what I thought of at first, but I’m not sure if it would be legal. Would plugging the ports be legal? Also, the only way that I know of to set pressure low is if you only fill up the air tank to like 30 psi, but that could affect other uses for pneumatics. However, if legal, an air spring is definitely the better solution.
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Sounds like you need to read the game manual (https://link.vex.com/docs/23-24/vrc-over-under/GameManual). As you read the manual, remember that the manual tells you things you must do, and things you are prohibited from doing. There is no way the manual could tell you everthing you might do, so generally if something is not prohibited by the game manual, then it is legal.
To obtain a lower pressure, you use an air regulator.
This lets you pump your air tank to 100 psi, but reduce the pressure for a particular application to a lower pressure. Even better, the pressure will stay constant as long as the air tank has more pressure than the regulator setting.
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