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Re: 2013 Game Hint!

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
Many, many teams have built 6 motor, tank drive, systems in the past. I can think back to 494 in 2004 I believe (2 drill, 2 CIM, 2FP), and there was probably one before that. We did one ourselves in 2008 using 4CIM + 2FP.

This is more of a feature thats moderately easy to include, so why not offer it?

I personally read nothing into it.

-Brando
I didn't know that teams did do 6 motor tanks. It makes sense to do if you can spare the motors. Guess that means there won't be uber powered 6 CIM drives. Darn.
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