Stronghold Drivetrain Review

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Originally Posted by mitchyg98

As a rookie team we went with the KOP chassis with 6wd 8" pneumatic wheel upgrade kit. A lot of teams had some crazy complex drivetrains, but I'm really proud of our simple design, which must have been one of the lighter designs. We never got stuck on any defenses, and we could cross at almost full speed with the tires absorbing most of the impact of landing. As a driver, sometimes I wished we had some kind of transmission to have more power for pushing other robots and accelerating quicker, but I can't complain. I always was surprised when I saw teams with tons of experience and complex drivetrains getting hung up on the ramparts or moat.

100% agree. We modified our AM14U3 to have gear shifting and 8" pneumatic wheels. The gear shifting was totally pointless, but our drive train was able to go over all the terrain defenses, as well as outmanuever any defensive bots that tried to stop us. The one downside we had was that our drivetrain was very wide, making it difficult to line up with the defenses (particularly the freaking sally door).

We got to einstein with that drive train so I would say it has an amazing complexity to effectiveness ratio.