Thread: 2 Motors is Faster?!
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Re: 2 Motors is Faster?!
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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
A wheel perpendicular to the direction of travel can meet all of the criteria of this rule. The tread of the wheel is contacting the ground and the wheel's axis of rotation is parallel to the ground.

If having wheels skid sideways violated this rule, wouldn't all teams violate it at some point during a match as their pushed around by their opponents?
This may be something that will get updated in future rule sets. I agree that as stated, it doesn't forbid it, but i would be careful about designing a robot that way.
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