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Re: Advantage to six wheel drive?

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
In the grand scheme of things, if one match in the history of FRC has been lost due to the inertia of an Axle, I would say that's nothing to worry about. One match out of a few thousand equates to what, less than .1%?
That 1 match could have completely changed things though. It might have prevented a team from making it to championships that would have otherwise won it. Once again, my point is that dismissing a variable is a dangerous game. Perhaps it isn't worth basing your design off of, but it shouldn't be completely ignored either.

Jason

To anyone that doesn't know me personally: I have a habit of trying to consider all variables whenever possible. Sometimes this makes my work better then average, other times it makes it worse. I'll fully admit sometimes your better off ignoring something, it just becomes a betting game. Either way, I'm not much of a betting man.
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