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Re: Goig "wide" with the chassis

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Originally Posted by SWIM View Post
Unlikely, this year the 'bots will slide before they tip, unless they're incredibly top-heavy.

A wide body can effect the packaging for a shooter / ball storage, and reduce the amount of useful space for a hopper, depending on how you design all that.
Also, consider this: the trailer in the back acts as almost an extension to the base of your robot, making sideways a more logical decision because it will take an incredible amount of force (not seen in any first event btw) to knock it clean over.
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