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Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14
Just curious if you guys have ever had experience with an 8 wheel drive train with no drop. it seems like if you are doing 8 wheels then all 8 are contributing friction while turning as opposed to 6 wheels where it seems like only 4 are.
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We ran an
8 wheel drive with no drop in
2007, which was detailed in the Behind the Design book from that year. From a driving perspective, it was noticeably harder to turn than the six wheel configuration, but not by much. Since Rack N' Roll was such a defensive game, the added stability from the longer wheelbase and extra resistance to turning worked to our benefit. It was fine for that game/year, but we haven't returned to an 8WD of the same type since (even when we built
Evil Machine 5's twin in 2011).
As a fun side note, we blew one of our drive speed controllers at Battle O' Baltimore that year (and didn't have a replacement with us to swap it out) and were still able to drive around pretty well.