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Re: Using plaction wheels on a roller claw

Speaking as the main designer on 694's claw, the setup we had was wonderful, but the spaghetti polycord was a last resort. We probably would have done way better with flat polycord.

With plaction wheels you need to make sure that your floor acquiring angle is high enough so that the tubes don't just get pushed around by the bottom wheel, because they won't be pulled up unless both wheels are in contact. Also, if you want to hang over the ubertube, those big wheels might create an obstacle.
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