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Originally Posted by Zoughtbaj

Likewise. At the Oregon Regional, just about every Mecanum I saw not only could not easily balance on the bridge, but had trouble even getting over the bridge. Interestingly, it would seem that CG would have a lot to do with that, but after what I saw, all the tipping and violence in the balancing process would simply cause the Mecanum wheels to slip. Traction wheels are definitely nescessary for a tripple balance.

We have mecanums and were very good at balancing in the Boston regional -- the robot never slid, nor did it take us more than 10 seconds to double balance. We also did a triple balance with 246 and 3958 on the practice field without traction problems.

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Originally Posted by pfreivald

I think part of the issue is that some teams have their mecanums geared way, way too high for easy bridge-climbing or balancing... Though from what I've seen this isn't just a mecanum problem.

We're using 1:16 worm drive and gearing was a non-issue.