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Re: pic: "Gear Head" - trophy for FIRST Finale Asphalt Challenge

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Originally Posted by DeepWater View Post
Actually what wins drag races is the ability to transfer the power to the track. Smoke your tires and your race is over. That is why lane choice is critical. I have a feeling that moving these bots from carpet to asphalt/concrete will create some surprising results. I think this might be part of Andy’s challenge.
I was factoring that into acceleration, as you can't accelerate very well without traction in a wheeled vehicle.
Perhaps I should have worded that better, I didn't mean the radial acceleration of the wheels, I meant the linear acceleration of the robot/car as a whole.
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