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Re: Moment of inertia and turning performance

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Originally Posted by jwfoss View Post
I believe that the bouncing you saw in 1538s drive was caused by their use of pneumatic wheels.
I noticed many teams this year with the same condition.
We had it, it was reduced when we switched from a gamepad to a pair of joysticks.
Our wheel base was probably only about 14" due to our use of 12 inch wheels on a wide robot, but we were not in danger of tipping over. In one match we were up at nearly a 45 degree angle on a tilted bridge and we still recovered and balanced the bridge. The only time we tipped was when we drove off the side of a bridge in Boston.
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