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Best Drivetrain options
What do you think is the best drivetrain option for this year. It appears that 6wd drop center drives might have some trouble on the scoring platform because the center wheel will be the only wheel on the platform.
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6 or 8wd with no drop and omnis on the front/back. It doesn't change drive characteristics with different weight/center of mass and has no wobble. It can also easily go over the scoring area and with colsons and vex omnis should grip really nicely.
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Slide/H-drive looks very promising. Without defense their is no worry about being pushed around. For a team with limited resources and expertise, this drive train provides the advantages of horizontal motion without the complexity of swerve or mecanum.
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a 6 wheel drop center is in the conversation for our team |
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6in 4 wheel west coast. Make it like a mullet, that is to say business in the front party in the back, or in this case traction in the front omni wheels in the back.
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Any drive with strafing has a huge advantage this year. Stacking those totes precisely is hard. Like, really, really hard. I speak from experience there.
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As a team we have done mecanum drives for the past 2 years in FTC but we do not see the value in a mecanum drive or a similar option. To be able to fully utilize a drive train like that you must have a lot of time practicing with it. We are not known for finishing robots quickly so we decided to go with a simple 6WD drive train that we get a lot of practice time on rather than spending a bunch of time on building a completely new drive train. |
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B. Good call--finishing early and getting good practice time is more important than an "ideal" drive train (whatever that is.) |
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We pretty much unanimously decided on swerve drive, which is a system we already have experience with. |
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