12-09-2016, 12:08
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Re: pic: VersaDrop GrassHopper Drive
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Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss
Looking at your model, the back Colsons are raised up by 1/8". I'm wondering if those wheels are needed at all, considering how little they'll actually be contacting the floor. For the sake of simplicity, it might be good to just drop that back set all together and push the Omni's back to where the Colsons were.
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That defeats the whole purpose of the drive. Without four traction wheels, there wouldn't be a good pushing mode that resists turning. It would just change from all Omni to 2 traction 2 Omni, which isn't much of an improvement.
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