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Re: Team 95 Hard At Work - 2015

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
We changed out our 6in wheels for 4in wheels. We decided that the improvement in fine control and current consumption was worth not being able to drive over the bump. Our geared free speed dropped from the 14-15ft/s range to the ~10ft/s range. Control is improved and we got a little more clearance on the 78in height restriction.
Sounds good! IMO, pretty much anything over 10fps is overkill this year. Will you still be able to drive over the scoring platform if needed?

I think we have an adjusted speed of something like 7fps on our 6" mecanums... I don't think we've actually measured it yet, but it seems about perfect for our strategy (so far!).
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