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Re: Have you tried parking on the Batter?

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Originally Posted by Ginger Power View Post
From what I've seen at week 0 events, robots slide down and roll off the batter after the power is cut. This is probably more common for robots with large pneumatic wheels... most of them... there are obviously going to be tricks and effective techniques for parking on the Batter. My argument is that most teams won't even consider any of the tricks until after they roll off the batter in their first match.
Totally agree

We are making a parking brake to account for this - we tested, and our pneumatic front and back wheel roll right over the 3/4 in cleat - with our gear ratio - .
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