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Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa
How much use did your strafe wheel see? How much power did it have? I've been pursuing this more for turning ability than stafeing, but in a game like 2011 it could be very helpful for sure. How helpful was it in this game?
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We used it in autonomous to get the second hot goal. During tele-op, we mainly used it to get out of t-bones; we could easily spin out of a perpendicular friction pin. For actual maneuverability on the field, it never saw too much use other than maybe adjusting for shots near the one point goal.
If I would change something about what we did this year, it would probably be to not use the center wheel and instead go for a 6 CIM single reduction with the same setup of omnis and traction wheels. We ran 4 CIMS this year because two were being used on the center wheel.
In a game like 2011, it could definitely be useful, and I believe 148 had originally planned to use a nonadrive again that year, but then left it off and went with what became known as butterfly, or now "Tex-Coast Drive." Why they chose not to use it I'm not sure, maybe someone from 148 can expand on that.
If we ever get around to it, something I would like to see is putting the traction wheels in the center and omnis on the outside; the idea being you can still turn on a dime even when in traction for more controlled turns.