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Re: Good Control Ideas

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Like, say you wanted to make one side run full speed forward while the other side does nothing. How do you do this with one joystick or wheel and throttle?.\
It depends on how you program it or set/position the joysticks. Normally, for a single joystick, you'd tilt the stick diagonally (like what CyberWolf said). For a throttle and joystick you'd turn the steering wheel to wherever it was programmed to only drive one side (I'm guessing about 1/2 the way to max turn).

I've used single, double joysticks, as well as a steering wheel and throttle. IMO, two joysticks are my favorite, I seem to have better reaction times and control with it. Team 254 uses a steering wheel and throttle to control their robot, they say its much easier to control a fast moving robot with a steering wheel and throttle vs. one/two joysticks.
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