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Re: The in-wheel swerve shifter!

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Originally Posted by Seth Mallory View Post
If you took a Sturmey Archer S3X fixed gear 3 speed hub you could make a 3 speed swerve drive. It would most likely be to wide but it would work for testing and as a base for a interesting design. Remove the flanges and mount some tread to the hub and you have a 3 speed wheel. You would want to cut the axils down and a few other things but it would be great for testing concepts and to work from.
You could certainly test the concept with them like you said, but as far as a competition robot goes they aren't just, wide, they're also two pounds each!