Well that is sort of the point. Transfer the pressure to an area less likely to break. What the cone does is distribute the pressure over a greater area while also moving it to a sturdier point. So you are effectively reducing force. The angle also helps deflect. Works great for branches, being decapitated by a steel trailer probably not…
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Adding a bump switch on the antennas could allow it stop before breaking. This would be difficult to implement on already deployed units as it would need to be wired into the contact circuit though.
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So then you’d have a broke fender or worse.
Good engineering allows an item to give, where you want it to give.
You can beef up the antenna, then the fender, then the frame, then the track wheel etc etc.
Better to decide, if the antenna needs to stick up, where you want it to give. A flexy antenna mount with a less delicate antenna helix would get my vote.
Les
Not disagreeing with that point. Only that you can overcome some of the less impactful things with a mod. That mod is unlikely to cause the issues you elude to in many circumstances…
I’m thinking about removing the RTK antenna from one of my Luba 2 bots and putting it on the Yarbo to see what happens.
I don’t understand why all other RTK based robots can have an internal antenna, but Yarbo cannot. Will be interesting to see what happens.
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Snow and a metal frame
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Frankenstein machine incoming. Is it a Lubo or a Yarba?