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Re: Best Drivetrain

Right, exactly. You also don't necessarily need to limit them to 180 degrees of rotation (I understand the argument of why you would I'm playing devil's advocate). You could use a coaxial style setup (shaft inside of shaft) and run two sides of the robot independent of each other. In that case you are still doing a 'crab drive' as we have coined the term. The difference being the two sides are independent of each other rather than being run all off the same rotator and power transmission.
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