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Re: Top Speed

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Originally Posted by Jay Lundy

When we turn the robot, it only turns on the center wheels, and it flies at about 1 rev / s. That may sound good but it makes it impossible to control. Luckily they improved the controller this year, so we're working on a positioning system, most likely with the 300 deg / s gyro from Analog Devices (with increased range) and optical encoders on the wheels (at least, that's what I'd like to do).
Hmm...does it only turn on the center wheel?
If it was able to steer using the other four, i would recommend that the center wheel be used for quick turns ie. push a button and you get an immidiate 90* turn left or right. But if you could get it so that it steers the way you describe, it should be pretty neat. I think that i know a trig equation that could help you out, but i dont know if it would work with the "C" language(im a pbasic kind of guy).