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Re: Drop-center drivetrains: Why?

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
We have (on more than one occasion) used a dropped a foot under the front or back of the robot to assist in turning. This raises one set of wheels off the ground.
We did something similar in our non-dropped 6wd (wide) for Lunacy. It was actually a pneumatically actuated wheel that lifted up the back four, which was great for both turning on a dime acting as a break on the regolith. We could even strafe on occasion, though certainly not as well as nonadrive.

Lesson being there are a lot of novel "dropping" options to achieve your desired results--it need not be just the center. (photo)
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