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Re: Mecanum Differential Drive

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Our variant of this was trivially different (biggest difference was using 2" tall tube versus 3") and I can confirm it was easier to manufacture than our WCDs. There just aren't a lot of parts.
Are they really quicker/easier to make? At this point you essentially do a COTS everything WCD, whereas the butterfly, you have to make the plates for the wheels and mill the tubing. I'd also expect that WCDs are a lot harder to get wrong than butterfly drives, at least for most teams.

Of course, basically all drives in FRC (except possibly swerve) are to the point where they work quickly and well 90% of the time. It's funny to think just a few years ago just driving around the field was considered something to be proud of.
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