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Re: Minimum Ground Clearance?

95 typically aims for 3/4in-1in. It's a comfortable margin on carpet thickness, and very close on that 3/4in plywood. Go conservatively high if you use a skyway type, or similar, wheel where the wheel tread wears down appreciably.

The robot is not a track car (duh? ) so there usually isn't much advantage to a very low ground clearance in my experience.
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