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Unread 22-08-2014, 07:58
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Chasing Elegant Simplicity
AKA: Justin Foss
FRC #0558 (Elm City Robo Squad)
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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.

This is my opinion and should not reflect on my current or any former teams.

Before I state anything, I understand that there have been successful teams running mecanum wheels or some form of mecanum-traction combos, locally 126 and 230 have had successful seasons on these wheels.

Far too many teams pick mecanum wheels for the "cool factor" without a solid understanding of the pro's and con's of the system. I would in fact rather pick a partner running an off the self kitbot then a mecanum drive robot.

Generally speaking, drivetrain quality (like bumper quality) can be an indicator of overall robot performance or in the case of our current pre-match scouting and point of interest to determine an alliances strengths and weakness.
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