Stress testing a Rhino

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Originally Posted by evanperryg

Will the huge amount of grip make T-bones harder to get out of? Plenty of teams have relied on lateral slipping to get out of T-bones in the past (find 118's 2013 reveal video, there's a little clip of drop-down omnis) and the insane traction from the Rhinos may have the exact opposite effect. I'm also curious if a hard lateral impact will shove the tracks off the pulleys temporarily. Unfortunately, we can't test these things in-house, but I really would like to see more of the Rhino Drive so we can get a feel of how they will perform in competition. From what I've seen so far, they are really good with the B/D defenses, but it still begs the question- why aren't tank treads popular, except for games with terrain? If they came with repercussions as significant as their benefits, I could see why they aren't very common. Yet, so far, the Rhino drive has shown pretty much no significant disadvantage versus a traditional tank drive.

I think the reason we don't see more tank tread drivetrains is the lack of performance advantage compared to well-designed conventional wheeled drivetrains, while at the same time introducing substantial disadvantages (cost, unreliability, even reduced performance).