Thread: tank or go-cart style steering?
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A warning about tank steer
Posted by Matt Berube at 1/11/2001 7:55 AM EST


Engineer on team #49, Delphi Knights, from Buena Vista High School and Delphi Automotive.


In Reply to: tank or go-cart style steering?
Posted by Daniel Garmendia on 1/10/2001 11:26 PM EST:



What everyone said below is right. A tank drive is both simple to construct and reliable. It is also fairly agile/manuverable. BUT, it is very inefficient. It runs straight just fine but it slows down ALOT as soon as you try to turn. I would strongly suggest to anyone wanting to build a tank drive that you consider powering each side with 2 motors.

Matt B.
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