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Re: Stopping a Triple Balance

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Originally Posted by Siri View Post
I have to agree. I've had many a team tell me simply, "we can't climb the bridge; see, we have mecanums". They don't seem to realize that this is largely meaningless without specifying gearing, but I'd believe some of their ignorance may be spreading to some other teams.
Again, mecanums are not unable to climb the bridges as demonstrated here and here (with lower weight and gearing). I'm not sure why people think that mecanums can't do this.
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