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Re: Best Drive Train

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Originally Posted by Wing View Post
There is no universal best drivetrain...
I would agree that there is no best wheel. But, I believe the universal best design concept is one like our butterfly drive, where you are able to incorporate 2 different types of wheels (we chose 1 fast omni & 1 custom wheel that provided traction) that provide features that the other one could not solely do by itself. This was a big thing that we took into consideration when scouting and selecting other teams for our alliance, as some of them had drivetrains (I believe mechanum was one) where they could easily be pushed around and couldn't hold their ground and play defense, which was fairly important in Ultimate Ascent.
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