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Re: Advantages to a long bot?

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Originally Posted by Gregor View Post
How so?
Traction is probably the wrong word, but it's easier to deflect the force of a longbot than it is a widebot, and most longbots have drop-centers so depending on the wheel types (some teams like to put omni's in the front) and whether or not it's 6wd or only has the back 2 sets powered, a longbot on a drop-center pressed up against another robot may or may not have the same footing that a widebot which usually wouldn't have the drop-center would have.

[edit] that was a terrible run-on sentence
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