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Re: Making your robot drive easier
6 wheel drive is cool and all, but...
Why use 6 wheels when you could get away with 2?
2 wheel center drive with skids at 4 corners makes for an extreamly quick and easy to drive bot. Plus the simplicity and light weight, and you've got one honey of a drive train done and running in a week, and plenty of time and weight left over for doohickeys.
If you want to do a 2 wheel drive you pretty much throw out any form of climbing abilty. But, if you're going after balls or want speed, manuverbilty, simplicity and rock solid stabilty (two wheelers almost never get tipped over) all in one, 2 wheel drives are the way to go.
Get the right balence, and its like driving a spunky sports car vs a truck with locked axles.
-Andy A.
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