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Originally Posted by DMike
Why wouldn't mecanum be a reasonable choice for this game? Maneuverability would seem to be a benefit as well as the direct drive. The court is a flat surface with vertical obstacles. We have tested a 6 inch set of wheels on many surfaces including asphalt roads, light gravel, wood, tile, rug, compact dirt and more. The wheels handled it all, they were very durable. The side load from pushing seems acceptable, front and rear a bit less. With some good programming and driving, this should be a good system. It might even roll straight up the tower.
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I'd be worried about defense -- which I think will be huge this year -- and mecanum wheels, while not as bad as many would like to think, do suffer against most conventional drives when it comes to pushing matches.
Pyramid protection helps, but doesn't eliminate, the disadvantage -- and I think it can be argued that near your alliance pyramid the mecanum drive might very well have the advantage.
Overall, as a person who personally really loves mecanum as an easy-to-implement and comparatively cheap omnidirectional drive system, I'd say that pure mecanum is at a disadvantage this year (for exactly the same reason that disk pickup is really nice but not required)... But it's not crap.