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Re: 3 wheel vs 4 wheel vs 6 wheel
id argue that a 360 arm will cause your weight to shift to the gaps in between your triangle of wheels and may tip u over, if u are going with 3 wheels it better be low to the ground cuz when u hit one of those pvc pipes from the base of the goal tetra u might fall over, if u got a arm that spins 360 degrees (Turret Arm) then you can argue u dont neeed as much agility in your drive base, u just need to go backwards forwards and the ability to turn and most importantly not to fall over!!!!!!
of course there is some details that need clarifying, such as:
wuts the third wheel for? does it serve like a crab drive module? is it a castor? is it omni? is it even powered? and wut kind of config is it in? is the third wheel the leading wheel?
with arms that complex u really neeed a strudy box under your turret, also with a 6 wheel drive and or a 4wd you can have a larger base frame as im assuming most 3 wheel drive frames are smaller by default. and u do need room for that arm
ive been in situations like this before witha soburn team and usually can laugh about it on your own later when things go wrong, but if your teams not giving in then at least see wut the issues are and come up with ways to fix them now, like making the robot low, like using skids, and the such
-Osc-
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Last edited by SpaceOsc : 13-01-2005 at 16:25.
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