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Re: pic: Frog Force 503 Omnitank Drivetrain (rAC)

That's what I was expecting. That's about what we were looking at doing as well.

Our thinking was that since so little of the weight would be on the omniwheel it would slip pretty reliably and not really interfere with anything during traction.

We were also considering putting the traction wheels on dead axles and having the chain reduction on the outside of the frame form the omniwheels to the traction wheels.
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