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Re: Mecanum Differential Drive

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Originally Posted by efoote868 View Post
In FRC, 16fps for a single speed has no advantages to 12fps for a single speed. By the time you accelerate to the top speed, you're already clear across the field.

You can't use 6 cims in present mecanum drives.
Your calculations are totally dependent on weight. Acceleration on a 90lb robot is fine. Just look at 254 to see very sucessful drivetrains that have been geared fast(16-18 fps).

While you can't run a 6 CIM mecanum, you are ignoring the fact that at this weight and complexity you might as well make an octocanum or swerve.


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Controlling a robot through 4 independent shifts on a mecanum drive would be difficult.
Teams do it all the time on butterfly. Mecanum is no different.

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8 years ago if I told you that in the future, mecanum wheels would be available for purchase to every team at a reasonable cost, you would have called me crazy.
Honestly I have no idea what will be available in 8 years, so it isn't worth speculating about.
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