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Re: Mecanum wear and dirt resistance

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Originally Posted by Tom Ore View Post
Consider what happens when you're straffing. The rollers will be scrubbing and thus wearing.
What do you mean by "scrubbing"? My understand was that, in mecanum, slip would only occur when applying a large force -- such as accelerating, decelerating, or pushing against something external.

Am I wrong about this?