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Re: pic: Offseason Drive Idea

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Originally Posted by Henrique Schmit View Post
I think this is a great idea, it saves a lot of space for the electronics, but i think you should consider that this makes you CoG higher, increasing the change of your robot tripping.
While I agree with you in principle, I don't think it's a particularly high concern here-- the weight isn't much higher than it would be with 6" wheels (or for that matter, 8" wheels). There are plenty of gearboxes (including the pre-2014 channel kitbot) which used gearboxes that were on the whole significantly higher up (being above the rail), and I don't think any teams had issues from that. Overall it's the other ~70 lbs and batter that you put on it that makes the real difference.

Eli, nice design. I hope you post a more finished version when you've cleaned up the CAD and models. Maybe even a pretty render for us?

I hope to see something similar coming out of your team for competition in the future.
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