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FRC #3344 (Robocopz)
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Join Date: May 2013
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Originally Posted by avanboekel View Post
I completely agree. But why? On paper, it should be an easy drive to execute.

Edit: What I'm trying to say, is what's the difference between a good and bad mecanum drive?
In my experience, a good mecanum drive tikes time to perfect, not nearly as much time as swerve though. My team used them for the first time in 2013, we ended up having to re balance our wheels and straighten them out and fix programing on several occasions. In the end we did have very very good but un traditional mecanum drive (un traditional on the control end). At our regional we saw some good examples of bad mecanum drives where they were basically tank drive, they could go forward, reverse, and turn but couldn't strafe to save them.
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2011: FRC 1922 Team Member
2012 (Build weeks 1-3): FRC 1922 Team Member

2012 (Weeks 4-Competition): FRC 3344 Mechanic and Pit Crew
2013: FRC 3344 Mechanical Lead and Head Driver
2014: FRC 3344 Team Captain and Head Driver

Record as driver: 7-11-0 and Proud of it