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View Poll Results: How many teams using:
Mecanum wheels 11 25.00%
Omni wheels 3 6.82%
Regular wheels 27 61.36%
A mix of two or more of these ideas 3 6.82%
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How many teams are using mecanum, omni wheels, regular wheels, or a mix of two of these types
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Re: Wheel Types
Our team made an 8WD with kit wheels on the outsides and pneumatic wheels in the middle. We liked everything about pneumatics except the bounciness, so we put kit wheels on the outside so the whole robot wouldn't bounce. (memories of team 86's robot come to mind )
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8 wheel drop with pneumatic wheels and AM Supershifters. 2410's going to be a pushing BEAST.
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8 wheel drop with pneumatic wheels and AM Supershifters. 2410's going to be a pushing BEAST.
Sounds like it! very nice!
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Question Re: Wheel Types
Are there Rules Against having a Full suspension kit, im talking like coil overs or even double wishbone suspension
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