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Re: Mecanum wheels

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Originally Posted by BEN35678 View Post
Last year we used Andymark mecanum and this year we were looking at the vex pro mecanums, and a couple of our main mentors were worried about them cracking because they are plastic. Did you have anything that looked like it was about to crack or anything like that?
Yes, our VEXpro wheels did crack, but that only happened this past December at a fundraiser where we were showing off our robot. We went to two competitions last year and had several other fundraisers and expos before they broke. I believe they are durable enough. You shouldn't have to worry about cracks during competition. I believe they also sell replaceable wheels for the mecanum if any of them seem to have significant wear or break.
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