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Originally Posted by NickE
In the 2010 SVR Finals, 675 (mechanum) played defense on 971 (traction). 971 almost literally drove circles around 675 and is able to easily push through them to score.
Match 1 | Match 2
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it all comes down to implementation. a well designed traction will stomp a poorly designed mecanum.
I wish i had footage to back this up, but my team's bot this year was mecanum. we were the fastest bot that showed up to BMR. if our manipulator had worked better, we'd made eliminations (234 told us that had their alliance mate not disagreed, they would have picked us for a 3rd defense bot).
it also had no problems during the season either other than a spare practice gearbox having a defective gear from the factory (one stolen from a 2009 KOP gearbox fixed it).
whatever on this topic... people use what people use...
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