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Originally Posted by tuXguy15
We just want to try something new so we have some experience during off season instead of fulling around with it during build. I think its safe to say that my team has just about mastered 4 - 6 Wheel Drive. We want to try new stuff to see if we like it and want to use it in a future year instead of the same 4 - 6 drive every year. We just don't know which one to pick to start with.
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As a big fan of tank drives, I'd suggest you try the 8WD, with the two middle wheels lowered. I only know one team that does it, 2630 from Israel, but I'm sure it's a common design, I just never looked into existing designs (since I know people on 2630 that does it so when I have a question I just ask them).
The great advantage of this design is that you have a very small wheel base, even smaller than dropped-wheel 6WD, and since you have two lowered wheels, it only rocks when you have high-speed collisions. The major disadvantage is it's way more complex than 4/6WD, and you can't use the KOP to build it (not enough wheels, you need special c-channels since the KOP ones only have one lowered hole).
2630's drive in 2010, first time they did it. It's kinda hard to see but if you look closely you'll notice the external wheels are a bit higher than the lower wheels.
Did you ever do a west coast drive? If not, you can try that too. It too is harder to make than the standard drive, but it clears up a lot of space inside the chassis, which makes component placement much easier, and in some cases allows for better game mechanisms.
Side note: most of 2630's 8WDs were west coast drives, if not all.
EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see the "different wheels" post. I'm keeping the post though, for anyone else who might be interested in trying something new and looks at this thread.