Swerve vs. Butterfly Drivetrain

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Odd, I view this one the other way.

We'd be pretty terrified picking a swerve that late in the draft if we also didn't really, really trust that team's ability to keep it running.

Yeah, I see what you are saying and I agree with it at the districts/regionals. There are many examples of swerve drives doing well at the championship as 3rd/4th robots (1640 off the top of my head). Assuming I could trust it, I would probably pick a swerve drive over a tank drive as a 3rd/4th robot.

My main point was that although a butterfly is more 'advanced', it will likely be viewed as a negative compared to a tank drive when it comes to 3rd/4th robot. When we did butterfly in 2014, several top teams expressed concern or dissatisfaction with it. Fair or unfair, there is some negative stigma attached to butterfly drives.