Drive Train Choices

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by BJC

I think you are talking about this thread Post #24. Our best two seasons are arguably 2011 and 2013. In both of these seasons we used a chassis that we prototyped in the offseason. The 2011 one was had articulating back wheels and the 2013 one was just a normal 8wd. The benefit from the articulating wheels was marginal in hindsight but the fact that we already had a drivetrain solution we knew would work was invaluable in terms of speeding up the design and build process.

Attempting to follow the 2011 and 2013 success trends we are prototyping the second iteration of our 2013 drivetrain this summer/fall. I only recommend that once you pick a drive type you stick with it over the course of a couple seasons and refine it each offseason. It's pretty hard to go wrong with this tactic no matter what you choose.

Regards, Bryan

Our operator is obsessed with creating a version of your 2013 drive train for our team (we used Mechanums last year. It was good for qualifications but cost us in the elims. We got put out by strong defense @ FLR and I beleive it cost us from being considered as a viable pick at the championships in spite of performing well. People just don't like Mechanums).