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Re: Center Drop on 6WD 1/8 or 1/16

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Why not drop for an 09 style game?
I guess it's something I never even really thought about, it seemed obvious. My thinking was that because the wheels that year slid sideways with no issues there was no reason to restrict your contact to four wheels. Upon actually thinking about it makes sense that you might want to still put all of your limited normal force on those wheels to make turning more effective...

And upon looking at some of the 6 wheeled robots that year particularly for that detail I see that indeed teams (including you guys... ) used a drop (or a raised outside wheel).