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Originally Posted by vps

What do you guys think are the advantages and disadvantages of this drivetrain:

Two Large wheels in the back and two perpendicular omni wheels in the front for a type of swerve drive.

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Kind of like that.

• It will be difficult to drive in a straight line
  
  
• It will not do any swerve maneuvers.
  
  
• It will have less traction than a chained (or belted) drop-center 6WD
  
  
• Any usable maneuvers it could do, a well-built drop-center 6WD could likely do much better