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Originally Posted by Speedfiend
Weight distribution is like Eggs for Breakfast: Some people pay more attention to detail than others. I personally like to have my weight centered when I build a 6 wheel, and will shift the middle wheels to match. If your robot is actually "rocking" to the point where it's affecting your steering, you may have dropped your center wheel too much. It really doesn't take much, if ANY, drop to allow a 6 wheel to turn without bouncing.
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I think it's insulting to say Eric's experience with a 6 wheel had no attention to detail. He learned his 6 wheels with 330, which has had some pretty nice ones the last few years.
I'll second his recommendation not to put the weight over the center wheels, you'll get a much better performing 6 wheel.
As for team 25, yes their bases work, and yes they don't drop the center wheel. But I'm pretty sure I've seen them bounce like crazy while turning before.