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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
I don't mean to come off as rude, but from all of the times I've watched Skyfire (that's a lot), I always had this feeling that Slipstream was so much better drivetrain wise. It was more maneuverable, smooth on the field, and didn't rock, whereas Skyfire rocked a bit and didn't drive so smoothly.
Is this done on purpose in the design? Is it because of new drivers? Or do I just love your 2011 robot too much?  |
"Superior" may have been a poor choice of words. a 6WD is already highly maneuverable, so an 8WD would only be incrementally better.
2011 definitely drove better. It only weighed 90 lbs to this year's 119.9 lbs. Keeping the 2011 bot as light as possible for acceleration purposes was a major design consideration. Unfortunately that wasn't possible this year.