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Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox
Why not? In this force diagram(not to scale), the torques from the front wheels cancel the torque from the back one. The center wheel creates a sideways force while the fore-aft forces from the front wheels cancel.
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To obtain a "pure strafe", the wheels at the top of the image would have to apply torque with out actually rotating. It can be done, but it would not just be standard FRC hook up of controllers, motors, gearboxes, and wheels.