[jblay]

We are using 6" wheels with an 8.45:1 ratio.

The programmers are still deciding but it looks like we are going to go with robot oriented drive.

We are making it this high off the ground because we wanted to mount the nano right off of the chassis so that it could be as close to the wheel as possible and because it is a nice rigid place to mount it. I wanted to essentially flip the whole thing upside down but everyone thinks that the chassis being a 1/4'' off the ground is too little and it would cause the chassis to drag on the carpet and I might be forced to agree with that.

With regards to the nano tube we think ours will be rigid enough to be fine at competition if not more rigid than the tube because we will be able to support the shaft from the gear box on both sides of the wheel. Also our way gives us a really nice place for mounting bumpers and with west coast like drivetrains that is always an issue.