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Re: 2012 drivetrain

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Originally Posted by Tubatroopa View Post
We only did 6 so we could be wide and hang off the bridge.
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Originally Posted by Siri View Post
True, It's not important for turning. That doesn't means it has no use. In fact extra wheels can provide many useful benefits, especially in non-flat field years.
I agree with you both. Yet there are only marginal incentives to drop the center wheel(s) in the wide drive configuration, as can be demonstrated by running through the math in the paper. My point isn't about extra wheels, but rather the negligibility of dropping those extra wheels. I also wanted to bring up a pretty good paper showing the math/science behind what people think they saw on the field.
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