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Re: Mecanum Differential Drive

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
Actually, thinking along these lines, has any team tried a 4-shifter mecanum with locking rollers? Seems to me it might be a nice alternative to octanum; it'd offer pretty much identical functionality with comparable complexity/weight.
Complexity and weight isn't comparable whatsoever. Look at 3928 butterfly and 973's offseason butterfly. Substitute in mecanums and you have a octocanum. Their drives are significantly less resources than a WCD even and almost as light.
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