16-05-2016, 14:40
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,737
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Re: Brownout Prevention?
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
If all four corner wheels of a drop center robot carry significant weight, you don't really have a drop center.
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This isn't true. Even if all six wheels on a 6WD drop touch the ground due to compliance in the wheels, dropping the center wheel increases the normal force that wheel carries. For situations like roughtop treaded wheels, this makes a big difference even if all wheels don't leave the ground fully. More drop and less contact from the outer wheels does mean better turning though (to a point).
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