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Originally Posted by The Doctor
My experience with mecanum is that it causes a serious power drain when strafing (going sideways). Our battery is usually at 11.5v when going forward (using 4 CIM motors & Toughboxes), but it drops to 8v when strafing.
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Too much friction in the rollers.
It can be quite tricky to obtain an acceptably small level of roller friction in the affordable COTS mecanum wheels used by most FRC teams.