Thread: Questions about first time trying 6WD.
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Re: Questions about first time trying 6WD.
Allen,

First, thank you for starting this thread! I've been meaning to ask a similar 6WD question, and since it seems many people are concerned about your design throwing the chain, I will post it here rather than start a new thread.

Our rookie team is also using 6WD, and our team seemed to be incredibly concerned about designing our drive system to protect for the possibility of throwing a chain. The end result was a rather complex system of chains that gave us the ability to still have 6WD even if any 1 chain was thrown.

My initial gut reaction was "This is nifty, but it seems a bit overkill..." Since I am a rookie to this as well, my question to the more experienced teams is "How often does a thrown chain happen in competition?"