[wilderbuchanan]

My Team got the Wild Swerve kit from Team 221 before i got involved in the team and it didn't work out so well. It took us the summer and someof the fall to get it to be mechanically sound. We made a fatal mistake and didn't get the hubs thats allow for the wires to come up the middle. Our programmers worked the whole summer and fall on code. We gave them the robot the day before our fall comp it didn't work out. They then continued to work on the Swerve during the rest of the fall getting no results.
Even though i'm a freshman, i have been to competitions since 2012. I always saw the Swerve as the Holy Grail (1717). However after working with it i can tell you that you need to make sure you have the resources. You need to fully think it through even when buying the pre fabricated versions. Otherwise you will be getting a lot of over night shipping. It was also over the heads of our 4 programers who were used to meccanum drive. For a team with middle of the road fiancees I think that it was a bad decision even though it seemed super cool. Make sure to go through both the upside and downside for your team. The pre fabricated versions also way a lot as well (80x20). We will continue to work on the swerve drive over the next few years but it has become more of a long term goal for us.