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Re: pic: Prototype Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by Edoc'sil View Post
The others were more polite about this, I am not. Wheels in the center like this are dumb. In January we build a DT like this, just with the wheels in the logical positions and all of them powered. Surprise! It has 0 turning radius as well! It also was almost imposible to have any fine control of the movement. After about 15 hours of testing I was still the only one who could drive the thing. Currently we are modifying our DT with a lower gear ration to gain more precision, and a shifter to maintain speed.

If you are set on this idea, build it during the off season and try it out, I am all for learning. But please, don't build this during those 6 tense weeks, you team will murder you.


Bluntly, Edoc'sil
This is actually incredibly helpful, thankyou four your bluntness. I was toying with the idea of putting them on the outside, but thought that the advantages gained in turning speed would make this worth it because of the initial difficulty of control. If you guys had a hard time even with the wheels in a normal spot, I shudder to think how bad this will actually be. In the past years we have always had all sticky wheels, and this year with our drop-omni's was the first where we had omni's as far as I know. Your personal experience with this layout helps a ton, and I'll revise it hopefully this week, though A.P. Chem is looming...

sgreco, With the exception of the 8 wheels, is it still 2 omni's on the outside for that drive?
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