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Re: Question about wheel preferences

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
Why would being a rookie team prevent them from using mecanum drive? In our experience (2011) we found the mecanum drive to be easier to install, more robust, and with less mechanical problems than a traditional chain-driven 2WD, 4WD, or 6WD*. Plus, canned code for mecanum can easily be found. We simply plugged in some sourced code and went at it.
You can make the case for your mecanum drive being more reliable than your previous 2/4/6wd's, but not the general case that mecanums are more reliable than 6wds.

Edit: Fixed, thanks Taylor! Also TIL what FTFY actually means!

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