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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
I don't think they come any compacter than this. BUT, I want to see it run a whole season before I go out trying to replicate it. While it is small, how small is "too small"? Aside from this rare occasion when the OP says they need that tight of a space for a swerve, I don't see this being put into any real use unless they prove this season that it not only works great, but is advantageous to the user.
Nonetheless, I still want one.
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How does the smallness of a solution coorelate to the usefulness of it? When this whole competition is about how much function you can fit in a give size and weight constraint every bit counts. They are using the same axial bearing set up as 16, a team who has IMO perfected swerve drivetrains in FIRST. They are also using an axle for the wheel that is effectively 2.5" diameter. Much larger than the majority of teams. Additionally this isn't Arens first foray into swerve drivetrains.