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Re: Problems with Vex Pro mecanum wheels

Make sure to check every roller, last year we had a strafing issue and it was because one roller was stuck. Our issue looked more like an intermittent speed issue is strafing.

I would also check if each wheel can rotate forward and backwards at full speed with the robot off the ground. Hopefully you have the encoders hooked up to each gear box to see the counts per second. At least this can sort out programing versus mechanical issues.

Just to be clear how loose our rollers are on our 2012 robot, the rollers will spin a couple time after flicking them.
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