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Re: 4 vs 6 wheels (what to choose)

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Originally Posted by NyCityKId View Post
My team is trying out mecanums for the first time this year... mostly because we thought the wheels looked really cool (joking).
No joke... that's why we did it. We thought it would offer benefits in "the last tube game" and it did offer some benefits, but at far too high a price.

Where it really paid off was in the experience the team got, and the amazing videos and machine that we were left with afterwards.

Four years later and the wheels are still really cool.

Jason