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Originally Posted by Infinity2718
Interesting, I haven't heard of that before, good to know!
Does the placement need to be close to the center or dropped wheel then for good contact with the ground? I would think the rocking of the tank drive could impact the traction of the idler.
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We actively powered them down with a 5/16" bore pneumatic cylinder.
We had them installed far left/right extreme for precision in turns, and roughly centered between the front/middle wheels on our heavier side.
It allowed us to do 6 or so linear movements and drive about a combined 40' (and probably 720* of turns) and still measure within 2" (maybe better) our final position.
This has to be the hardest, most complicated game I've ever seen the GDC develop - that's what makes it so much fun! - SteveGPage [more] 
31-10-2014, 18:06
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