We decided to gear our robot to give it more pushing power ( little cog to big cog ) because we thought this would work effectively with our ramp. This proved to be a design fault as this lost a lot of speed for the sake of a small boost in pushing power. We decided that the speed would be a better option becuase once the opponents traction is gone pushing power is obselete and the extra speed give us an advantage when we first try to get under the opponent. F=Ma which means with low gearing all we have lost is acceleration meaning our force has decreased but with greater acceleration the force increases.
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