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Re: Winning Drive Train

some of our mentors thought that having more contact points with the field (i.e. with the rover wheels) would provide less traction. so we went with a 4wd direct drive train holonomic drive train. we had an average speed and push power, and we had great manuverability. in our two regionals, we proved that our robot had power when we broke several strong supports with our drive train. in Atlant we changed our drive train to Direct Drive take steer with 1 joystick. the manuverability was decreased but the speed and power delivered was enhanced.