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Re: pic: 4WD Concept

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Originally Posted by Bryan1625 View Post
Well I wouldn't consider this one of the worst drive trains. Done right it can be a very competitive drive train. With practice you can out manuver a swerve and have more pushing power then a low gear on an 8 wheel or 6 wheel tank. It just takes trial and error on which wheels you want to use and the driver and the set up of the gear box
By no means do I think this is a bad drivetrain setup, I was only trying to assert that even if it was, any negative aspects can be mitigated with practice to the point where practice is arguably the most important thing. I really like how hard it is to lock this setup in a friction pin, as well as how light weight it is.

I don't really understand how it is supposed to be able to push better than a 6 or 8 wheel tank though, considering that both robots are allowed the same motors, but one has more torque and a higher CoF with the floor.

Edit: (not that pushing is necessarily important)
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