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Re: Highest traction wheels

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Originally Posted by T^2 View Post
They have good grip in the forward axis due to the "W" pattern, but horrendous grip in the sideways axis. This was confirmed for experimentally for us at Championships. (It wasn't our robot, mind you.)
You're not referring to team 1684, are you? Our pits were right next to each other, after all .

We did have diffuculties with being pushed sidealong with the VexPro tread on 8-inch wheels in a 6-wheel configuration.
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