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Re: Mecanum Wheel Control

Some teams use one 3 axis joystick (x,y,twist). Others use 2 joysticks (one for translation, other for rotation.

2022 used 2 joysticks last year on an Xbox controller. The left stick was for translation, the right was for rotation, and the triggers were for turbo mode. It resulted in a very intuitive driving style with very high fidelity.

I know I would personally prefer the 2 stick method, simply because whenever I move a 3 axis joystick around, it always twists a little bit.
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