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Re: Need advice on mecanum

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mike View Post
If a robot is designed with the wheels set square at 22 inches and the weight is equal on all wheels. What happens when you load one side with 24 pounds (3 totes) cantilevered out the long way of the totes (fork lift style)? Will it still strafe? Hard to turn?

Mr. Mike
I think this is one of the more important questions to be answered about Mecanum drives this year. I also imagine it will be very hard to predict or calculate before actually testing.

Can any teams with Mecanum experience give an idea as to how "off" control would be if heavily weighted on one side?
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