Team Version Rough Terrain Inaccuracies

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Thanks for sharing this, just knowing there's a big difference is a big deal ... any chance you guys could post a video without giving away your secrets? I'm going to see if I can get our guys to swap our materials around tonight.

edit - any by 'swap around' I mean we'll form 1/16" aluminum sheet metal around the moat wood pieces.

I don't have any videos we could share, but the difference seems to be traction. You simply get more bite on wood than metal.

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I don't have any videos we could share, but the difference seems to be traction. You simply get more bite on wood than metal.

Well that's annoying. Thanks for pointing this out.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

You simply get more bite on wood than metal.

Alright, time for some flying robots then.

[pfreivald]

The 1" gap (team) vs a 1.5" gap (official) is brutal, given how many 1" wide wheels there are out there. Having a wheel fall between two blocks could have terrible ramifications for some drive trains--whether it jams, or you try to turn while it's in there.

[2544HCRC]

The smoothness issue is a big concern. The same thing occurred with the coopertition bridges a few years ago. Teams built wooden bridges and field dividers that were no problem at home. The real bridges had a smooth plastic surface and the divider was metal. The difference was huge for teams.