Quick Question, are you planning to bias your center wheel? My team is notorious for our crazy tough 6 wheel drive chassis (sorry i dont know a huge part on the structure of it) and we always bias our center two wheels down just a little. this allows you to be able to turn much better than with all 6 wheels planted on the ground. another thing we prototyped in '07 was a 6wd, center biased. we cut part of the front section, re welded part of it in while installing some hinges, and made it so the front third of the robot, just the part holding the wheels, would articulate downward using some pneumatics. this way, with the push of a button, we could switch from having only 4 wheels on the ground for maneuverability to having 6 down for brute pushing power.
just an idea but you can look into it.
message me if you have any questions, i
might be able to get you some schematics.
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2009- best year ever: Lansing District Champs, Troy/Athens District finalist (against 217/67 alliance), Curie champs, Einstein Finalists, IRI Champs, and Kettering Kickoff Champs
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