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Unread 06-06-2011, 11:17
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Re: pic: Exploding Bacon's Spamthingamicon! (Octocanum)

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Originally Posted by Thermal View Post
You may want to consider swapping which wheel you have articulate. If I understand these pictures correctly, right now you have your traction wheels on the jump drive, which means if you take a lateral hit while in traction mode you risk trashing your modules.
That was a lesson 148 learned in 2010. Our 2011 pre-season prototype and our 2011 robot had stationary traction wheels -- MUCH tougher.

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