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Re: Stress testing a Rhino

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Think about it like this. If a robot Can hit both centers of rotation with the span of its front bumpers will you be able to spin off of it? How hard will it be for a defensive driver to line up on you? You can still experience these issues with a drop center wheeled drive as well. Just some food for thought.
That makes sense. In this case, do we expect the tank treads to perform any worse than drop-center wheels with the same spacing?

Edit: Didn't see evanperryg's response, that answers my question

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Re: Stress testing a Rhino

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That makes sense. In this case, do we expect the tank treads to perform any worse than drop-center wheels with the same spacing?

Edit: Didn't see evanperryg's response, that answers my question

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Maybe slightly but not much worse. Its hard to tell without test how much the extra turning scrub will affect it. Evens solution may give you the best of both worlds though If you have the weight and the space.
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