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Re: Combo Drive --- Swerve Decision
I am curious as to what the gearing between the two wheel sets are on the 3 Oct-canum drives posted thus far. One of the advantages of a 6WD is the ability to add two shifting transmissions.
Are these teams getting a similar bennefit by having their traction wheels geared for a different speed than their mecanums?
If so would you choose to have your traction wheels geared faster or slower?
- I was under the impression that mecanums could only be geared so fast before the torque requirements for strafing were compromised. It might be nice to have the extra speed then placed in the traction wheels.
- I've also been under the impression that mecanums have more difficulty pushing than traction wheels, and it might be nice to have more torque under the tracton wheels for those pushing battles.
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