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Re: Advantages to a long bot?

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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
Really, you sure about that?

One of the things that makes a wide bot hard to drive is the fact that it turns so quickly.
If you think about it, for robots with the same effective wheelbase, the robot with the wider track width will turn slower. This is because the wheels are further out so they have to travel a farther distance to achieve the same amount of rotation. Sorry I should have clarified that.
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