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Re: pic: drivetrain idea (comments please)

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post
While several teams (25 and 103 are local examples) have excellent drivetrains with no drop, any team contemplating a six-wheel drivetrain had either better be prepared for a lot of hard development work OR have 1/8" or so of center wheel drop. Failure to do either may result in a robot that does not turn well.
OR put omnis at one end.

Omnis and drop together could be really interesting... I wouldn't do it. You'd get effectively a 2WD at time.
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