pic: Prototype Drivetrain

[gyaniv]

apalrd, trust me i know programing can be annoying...
I was in the programing team last year (LUNACY) and also the driver, and we also had trouble with our drivesystem (we used 2 regular drive on the read and 2 swerve in front that can go about 50 degrees each side to total of 100 degrees) and we couldn't fix all the problems in software so eventually i had to fix it with my driving...

For sure tank drive is the easiest to program and control so if you want to make the life of the program team and driver easier you should aspire to normal tank drive... Though if you aspire for maneuverability you should go for a swerve drive or mecanum (or even nonadrive like 148 and 217 had this year), there are some more configurations that have high maneuverability but they are less common in FRC (like KIWI drive)...

If you cant build a certain drivetrain that you haven't ever used yet before the season start, then don't try to do it within the 6 weeks.... our team tried to do swerve drive this year and we tried to build and program it within the six weeks and it was a total disaster... we eventually went to mecanum...
So my suggestion is that if you can build and test it before January go ahead, but as i stated before, there are many drive systems out there that have lots of maneuverability (from what i understand that is what you aspire for) so try using them instead of making a new system that you not sure that will work.

Generally i suggest that you will build it so all of us will learn a lesson. Many people including me don't think that it will gain what you aspire for but go ahead and prove that we are wrong... If not then what is FIRST about?