Best Chassis for Spin Up

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@Illyana

If you are new to vex, build 4 motor direct 4" omni tank drive (i.e. Vex Classic) and start practice driving it as early as possible.

You can never underestimate the value of an extra month of drive practice!

Then go to early comoetitions, see what other people have, and start rebuilding your next version of the robot.

Once you get more experienced, you can upgrade to a faster drive like @Xenon27’s

In short, the best chassis for your robot is the one your driver is most comfortable with.

Joins thread to share opinion

Illyana and Xenon27 posted

Illyana and Xenon27 posted everything I was going to say

All jokes aside, I cannot stress how important it is for teams to:

1. Build a simple and robust drivetrain early,
2. Test it thoroughly,
   …and …
3. Get lots of driving practice and autonomous programming in well before competition season really gets going.

Learn how its going to get stuck. Learn how its going to fail. Learn how to service it. Reduce friction. Tune your turning coefficient (multiply your turn axis by something like 0.8 to reduce how aggressively they turn). Run into walls, repeatedly.

If you want even more practice… stick a wheel on a post as a stand-in roller roller. Lash/tape a laser pointer to a piece of structure and practice aiming. Figure out how to ram and roll or juke and roll when another team is defending the rollers late game. Learn endgame defensive/positioning strategies by scrimmaging against a cardboard box or clawbot.

Many people do not begin designing for the human element (driving) until its late in the season. Get practice in, document/notebook it, reflect on it, review footage, and be the best dang 4m 200rpm driver you can be.