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Re: Another chapter to the 6WD vs. Mecanum debate
[quote=Colin P;1004786]6WD isn't that much more powerful than a mecanum drive. Of course 6WD is more powerful, but you are exaggerating quite a bit.[quote]
Yes it is.
Mechanum inherently wastes ~30% of it's power just in slipping its rollers. That is pure waste of energy that translates to nothing in the terms of pushing force/traction.forward motion. That's not exagerating that's physics.
All else being equal you start yourself at a disadvantage with mechanum.
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