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Re: Mecanum Rolling Chassis

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Originally Posted by PVCpirate View Post
For the pushing match argument against mecanums, how often are you in a straight pushing match during a match? The situation most people describe in making this argument is a six wheel tank drive bot pushing a helpless mecanum drive bot halfway across the field. Any mecanum bot that I've helped build might be pushed some, but with the right driver it would spin away from the pusher and be back down the field in no time.
Not often, but when it counts... (Really, the relative inefficiency inherent to mecanums is what ruled it out for me this year; we favored straight-line speed without using so many of the high-powered motors.)

But frankly, you could put square wheels on this thing and it'd still look boss. I look forward to seeing the whole thing!
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