Programming Drive with a 4 Motor, 2 Wheel Setup

[eddie12390]

Originally Posted by r0306

We've decided to move double up the power to the back wheels by moving front motors to the back and leaving the front with free-spinning low friction wheels, as shown in the picture below. However, I am unsure as how I should program the drive code as we were using the default drive constructor:

RobotDrive drive = new RobotDrive(FRONT_LEFT, REAR_LEFT, FRONT_RIGHT, REAR_RIGHT);

Now that the two front motors are relocated, should I reverse the channels so that they turn the same direction like this:

 RobotDrive drive = new RobotDrive(FRONT_RIGHT, REAR_LEFT, FRONT_RIGHT, REAR_LEFT);

I'm not sure that you need to make any change at all, depending on the build of the gearbox the motors should still spin the same direction that they did previously. If you try to run anything like Mecanum strafing it won't work but the normal drive code (Tank/Arcade) should be just fine.