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Re: 8 MINI-CIM SWERVE

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
But this nuttin'. Try one of THESE! (Just swap the FPs for more CIMs.)

It's not about more/less points of contact with the ground, or about how much power you can put into the drivetrain, or how much traction a given wheel has. It's the balance of all of the above. I don't think that adding two more motors will do all that much--just make ya more likely to be traction-limited instead of torque-limited.
Look at what happen with the change from 4 cim drives to 6 cim drives. They are classes of there own.