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Unread 16-08-2002, 16:42
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Originally posted by sanddrag
Thanks for the great picture. I joined the FIRST program for the 2002 season so I hadn't really seen those giant lifting arms before.

I have a question. If you look at the robot in the left of the picture, the wheels are on the outside of the frame. I've seen a few battlebots like this too. Is there any advantage to having the wheels on the outside?
As the Pontiac commercial people will tell you, Wider is Better. To see the effect on stability, take it to an extreme, and imagine placing the wheels very close to each other in the middle, or on the very far edges far apart from each other.