04-01-2009, 11:38
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,982
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Re: 2 Motors is Faster?!
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Originally Posted by Madison
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?
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In his application, the wheels are purposely not in their "normal" orientation.
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