04-02-2010, 19:18
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
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Re: pic: Team 2791 Coming Together
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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56
Yup we are actually going with 4.5" wheels with the scalloped chassis as well. We went the custom route though on wheels so the cost wasnt a problem.
Did you think about direct driving one of the wheels instead of chaining all of them as well?
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Thought about it, but the 8 wheels would make the gearboxes off center, making CoG a little harder to balance. Plus we're using dead axles (east coast drive).
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