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

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Originally Posted by theprgramerdude View Post
A better question would be, why drop? Dropping's downside is the naturally rocking, and there wouldn't be much of an upside due to the naturally low friction. If the rocking potentially messes with the ball sucker mechanism and costs you quite a few points, would it be worth the... whatever the gain is?
The improved turning of course (and the rock caused zero detriment to our intake).

Low friction doesn't change the dynamics of how a drivetrain turns much (as the friction is still the same in the x-y axis more or less). A wider base still turns better than a narrow base.