Has anyone else noticed how the SRV often tends to flip 180° while driving, and then stay on that position?
It seems to me that the SRV drives in an unstable equilibrium, and when deviating from this equilibrium too much, it will flip around to 180° backwards, meaning this position is a stable equilibrium.
If you drive backwards in the SRV, you will notice that it will rarely want to flip over, because in this position it is at a stable equilibrium, and any deviation will tend to go back towards the equilibrium.
I don't know why this is, but usually such problems tend to occur due to bad center of mass or poor wheel placement.
I guess the Scarab is just poorly designed in this way.
Edit: Still doing tests to confirm this, but it seems like the backwards driving position is still slightly more stable.
It seems to me that the SRV drives in an unstable equilibrium, and when deviating from this equilibrium too much, it will flip around to 180° backwards, meaning this position is a stable equilibrium.
If you drive backwards in the SRV, you will notice that it will rarely want to flip over, because in this position it is at a stable equilibrium, and any deviation will tend to go back towards the equilibrium.
I don't know why this is, but usually such problems tend to occur due to bad center of mass or poor wheel placement.
I guess the Scarab is just poorly designed in this way.
Edit: Still doing tests to confirm this, but it seems like the backwards driving position is still slightly more stable.
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