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Re: Need help programming our swerve with feedback?

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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
with crab steering I would think you would want a pot that stays where you left it - because the bot does not turn in an arc like a car or a bot with conventional 2 or 4 wheel drive - it goes where you point it

why would you want your bot to always default to pointing straight down the field?
It's not a bot that defaults to pointing straight down the field, it's a bot that defaults to wheels pointing straight ahead. Our driver doesn't want to mess around with centering a pot when he wants to drive straight forward. He wants to let the springs in the stick find the center point for him & have the wheels snap to straight ahead without much effort or thought.