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Re: 2 Motors is Faster?!

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Originally Posted by Katie_UPS View Post
Another thing answering your question;
In this game traction is everything. And you want the most traction.
So with the two wheel bases, they both are relitively the same weight (I know weight is added for extra motors and wheels, but I'm talking on a very general level).
So with four wheels, if the weight was 100, each wheel carried 25 pounds (ok, so I know this is a little off, and I don't have enough physics background to properly explain this, but once I'm done, this should make sense), but on the two wheel, each wheel carried 50 pounds, which created more friction which gave it more... power (if thats the right word....)
Not necessarily, that's with the assumption that your team feels traction is most important. Even if Dean or Woodie said it doesn't make it true either. There's no defining basis that says that teams want most traction possible in this situation.
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