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Re: Cyber Blue 234 Swerve Video

We reviewed several options for the steering and chose to focus on a regular swerve for now, with steps taken to "assure" all four wheels were working together.

We added the connection across the back wheels as a "safety" to be sure all four wheels would do the same thing. Similarly, just one of the globes will turn the modules, having both of them adds some redundancy.

With this set up we are paired front and rear on each side and would not have a straightforward way to separate into car type steering.

And yes, we agree on the weight comments. We are getting carpet for the floor and have made provisions on the chassis to be able to add weight to get us close to 130 pounds.
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