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Re: Wheel controller for FRC

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Originally Posted by Poseidon5817 View Post
When you are coming across the field at 10 feet per second and need to rotate within a foot margin of error to cross a defense, the precision comes into play a lot. Small control inputs can make a big difference in this situation. If an input of 0.4 turns it enough to make it over the defense but 0.3 doesn't, then that is going to about an inch of movement on a wheel compared to a couple of millimeters on an Xbox stick. For teams like 1678 and 971, the few seconds gained will be very important. For the rest of us, maybe not. But there is definitely a positive in that respect to the wheel.
Having driven a robot this year with a top speed of 25 fps, and using a xbox one elite controller. I can personally vouch for the fact that you can indeed get the same precision required to go over defenses on an Xbox controller without stopping, with the proper practice and natural skill.
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