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Re: Tank Drive Troubles

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Originally Posted by Nicandy View Post
We want one joystick to control forward and backward, as well as turning left and turning right...

and our problem is that we can't figure out how to program the first joystick to do all four things. we can only get it to do either forward and backward, or left and right.
Here's your problem: What you are describing is called Arcade Drive, not Tank Drive.

Your FRC LabVIEW installation supports Arcade Drive.

See attached screenshots of the Functions Palette and the Help.


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Last edited by Ether : 06-03-2011 at 11:17. Reason: added screenshot