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Re: pic: 2996 Octocanum Prototype

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Originally Posted by T3_1565 View Post
I am curious though. Is there a reason that you need 4 cylinders to move the wheels? Can you put a push bar from 1 pod to another and use a wider diameter piston in the middle of the bot? That way you only need 2 pistons and less chance of there being problems with switching wheels?

As I said I'm old and not up to date on these drives lol. There may be a really easy reason why you need them seperate that I'm missing
The biggest reason is it gives us some flexibility to try various other things later. This is just a prototype and will be our test bed for all things related to this drive. It isn't a huge difference to go with 2 or 4, and there are ups and downs for both.
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