Thread: Effectiveness of Casters
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Re: Effectiveness of Casters
other people have brought up valid concerns that could lead to certain teams deciding to not utilize casters in this year's game. As far as a robot that intends to climb the stairs, casters WILL become a hangup and possibly could cost the team points and time in the pits try to fix their messed up bot because the casters broke off. Casters also are bad bad bad for driving if used as 2. 1 is MUCH better because of how the drive train pivots. so...I personally see casters as a design flaw that will leave a team hanging on a hangup. Having driven bots with 2 casters, I can tell you that they are crazy bad on anything but carpet and are not that easy to control with precision...