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Re: Mecanum vs. Swerve Drive
while as a drive system alone swerve always wins it is a lot more difficult and resource intensive and hard to program. Ive hated and thought meccanum drives were a bad idea for a while, but i believe that's because ive never seen a team use them to their full potential. Last weekend i got my first real chance to see KnightKrawler 2052 driving (we go to opposite MN regionals typically) and i was very impressed with their driving and how they used their meccanums to their full potential. I believe KnightKrawler has used meccanums for years (i believe one of my friends said almost every year except 09) and have really figured out how to get the most use out of them. Like all drivesystems the key to using it successfully is driver practice. You cant drive a meccanum like a tank drive which i unfortunately see a lot of teams do.
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