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Re: pic: 3992 Sheet Metal Chassis

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Originally Posted by ksafin View Post
Our design is to have minimal ground clearance; it would push frisbees out of the way. The bigger reason was to have our mecanums just touch the ground though; lower Center of Gravity by doing so.
Good approach. Right now it's impossible to predict how much of an issue this might be, but I can see teams (ourselves included) adding "aero kits" to their bots to reduce ground clearance and keep firsbees out of the way.
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