Thread: Transmissions Effective in This Year's Game?
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Unread 28-04-2005, 21:34
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Re: Transmissions Effective in This Year's Game?
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Originally Posted by Spikey
I was surprised that more teams did not use them.
I was actually surprised how many teams did use them.

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Originally Posted by Spikey
Our team used the kit transmissions to great effect, we combined them with a 6 wheel drive train and 6 pneumatic tires we had one of the most powerful drive trains of any robot at our regionals.
Sorry but no you didn't. Power does not come from putting more wheels in your drivetrain or more air in your tires, it comes from putting more motors (or more powerful motors) in your drivetrain. So unless nearly all the teams in your regional had fewer motors or weaker motors in your drivetrain than you did, they were every bit as powerful as you.

Perhaps what you mean is you were able to apply more force on the ground than they?
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