Advantage to six wheel drive?

[lemiant]

Most of these reasons are so minor as to not matter. I like dead axles, because all I need is a bolt, no hex shaft, broaching, bearings, hubs or set screws. It is much easier to assemble and repair (unless you guys have some really efficient live axle set-ups I hacmven't seen.)

[s_forbes]

I like this thread, there are some entertaining responses.

Generally I prefer dead axle systems, since they are usually faster and easier to build (for those of us with less tooling) and leave more time to develop interesting robot mechanisms that aren't drive trains. The standard six wheel drive built from a kitbot is also great for the same reason.

[Jared Russell]

In the entire history of FRC, I would be surprised if there has been a single match that was won or lost because one robot didn't have to "overcome" the inertial of a shaft where another one did. We are talking absolutely puny theoretical advantages here.

(But I have seen many, many matches won or lost because a robot did not have a reliable or well designed power transmission solution.)