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Re: Team 2471 swerve drives

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Originally Posted by Bryce2471 View Post
I'm confident that this swerve will not have latency problems. The modules can turn at around 120 rpm and still have enough torque to spin the wheel under load. the wheels will never have to turn more than a quarter turn, so the most you could wait to drive is .5 seconds. In practice it turns out to be much less than that. When driving it, the latency is not even noticeable.
At 120 rpm, a 90 degree rotation only takes 1/8 second. That's probably why it feels like less than 1/2 second.