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Re: H-Drive Strafing issues

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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner View Post
When we did our H-drive in 2011 (which worked very well), our center wheel was on a simple suspension system. We put the center wheel on a swing arm and used a gas strut from McMaster Carr to provide the spring and damping. The trick was to size the gas strut to provide 1/5 of the robot's weight to the center wheel.
If you don't have space for a gas shock constant force springs work well too.
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