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Re: Robowranglers 2014: Vader

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
If you are putting weight on a wheel that is not driving (Ie an omni wheel pointed sideways) that is weight that is not being put on the wheels that are driving. friction=coefficient*Normal, so the more weight on the HT wheels, the more traction, and thus the more pushing power.

While the /H/ leg of the drivetrain is not being run, those wheels are entirely off of the ground, thus they are not detracting from the weight on the traction wheels.
I'm willing to bet an even bigger reason was so they could still power slide with the strafe module off the ground.