pic: Team 449 Hex Drive

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I think Andrew's point is best summarized as this drivetrain has two complete, independent frames that are likely strong enough on their own. If they were better integrated, a lot of framing could be eliminated.

The support for the angles also doesn't even need to be a separate frame. For a very minimal (and very strong support), see what we did here.

These are good points, and we considered them while designing this.

Mainly, we decided that while a single frame is simpler, it makes it harder to really make use of the extra area provided by a hex frame (the picture you've linked shows this pretty well, as pretty much everything is contained in the inner rectangular frame. It also complicates wheel access, which is one of the primary selling points of a WCD.