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There are 2 possible ramp-doms, the wall-dom exemplified by the Kats who really on their traction to keep them on the ramp. The other is the wedge-dom(team 179) whos bot doesn't allow you to push it directly. They both have weaknesses because you could push the wall-dom but a bot could run over the wedge-dom. At this point I'd put my money on the Kats because their drive-trains are always on the leading edge.

As for the best kind of drivetrain, it depends on your strategy but I dislike unpowered wheels, IE 2 wheel drive or castors. The reason being is you lose effictive mass. Unpowered wheels bear weight, weight that would otherwise be used to increase your traction. So instead of your bots drivewheels being pushed down with 130lbs of force there being pushed down by less. Which means you lose pushing power.