Well, I guess three wheeled robots may only be good for games where you need to turn a lot on the spot and short on motors, but are not suited for most of the VRC games where robots need to play defense because of the inherent instability of the base. That Skyrise robot was pretty much what six graders, who just joined vex, thought would be the best robot to reach the height. A bit of embarrassing to look back on it now.
@rhowbot what was a motivation for the study, if not secret?