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Re: 6 Wheel Drive vs. 8 Wheel Drive
We used a wide oriented 8wd with four inch wheels, with a slightly smaller gap between the dropped wheels. This system was selected almost entirely for bump traversal reasons, and to keep things simple. It allowed us to use quite a conventional chassis structure, with no cutouts or fancy chain routing to increase ground clearance. We figured that being a wide robot, plus other features of our robot that made us ideal for being the "middle" of a triple balance negated any need to think about hang-off from the bridge.
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Last edited by Joe G. : 03-05-2012 at 03:07.
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