[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Aren_Hill

A lot of people posting without first hand knowledge, that's fun.

Adam and 973 are in the best position to answer the original question, as they've had quite a few 6wd cantilevered drivetrains and have recently given swerve a try.

Excellent point.

Listen to the the EWCP podcast from November 27th where they discuss in depth what 973 went through and thought of when they built their swerve and their experience driving both. It's fun to hear people discuss their first hand account.

Now to my opinion: If you don't have a drivable fully working swerve built in the offseason (offseason is really over so I mean today) you will probably not be ready this season. If you can't drive you can't do anything. The time it will take to get the drive up and running in the build season will submarine most of the stuff you're working on. In my experience when driving is a forgone conclusion you can focus better on accomplishing the game task, scoring points. I use the kit bot as an example of this. Prior to the 2005 intro of the 1st kitbot you were very lucky if your partners could drive during quals sometimes and fewer teams could accomplish difficult tasks because the whole build season was spent getting the ability to drive. End opinion.