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Unread 16-05-2011, 11:52
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Re: Mecanum Einstein this year

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Originally Posted by sgreco View Post
I agree and disagree. The 12 teams out of 2000 are not a simple random sample. The best teams make Einstein, and the best teams never have mechanum drives. The fact that the there is a consistent trend of simple 6WD's making Einstein and winning competitions speaks for itself.
Has anyone gone down the top 25 list and filled in the drivetrains? I'll start, but I don't know all of them:

254 - Skid Steer
111 - Skid Steer
1114 - Skid Steer
2016 - Skid Steer
217 - Skid Steer
987 - Skid Steer
148 - Skid Steer
1503 - Skid Steer
2056 - Skid Steer
233 - Skid Steer
67 - Skid Steer
33 - Skid Steer
1717 - Swerve
469 - Skid Steer
177 - Skid Steer
71 - Swerve
40 - Swerve
2054 - ???
118 - Skid Steer
330 - Skid Steer
16 - Swerve
51 - Slide Drive
27 - Skid Steer
2826 - ???
1538 - Skid Steer

Did I get all those right (off the top of my head)?
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