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Re: Legality of Downwards-Sloping Ramps

i had this idea as well, say you were to direct drive a wheel with a diameter of something like 1.5 inches, and your mini-bot started 4 feet above the pole, races down a ramp until it reaches the pole, even though it would de-decelerate on the pole, the change in potential energy would be the equivalent of 6 feet of height gain, instead of 10 feet of height gain. the question is, will this be faster than a pure ramp bot.