[Lewis Nerone]

4269 plans to use a mecanum drive again this year. We developed a system that utilizes a gyroscope to track the robot's orientation on the field. When the drivers push the joystick, the robot will move in that direction, regardless of it's orientation.

If you do go mecanum, you need to start working on it now. I'm not a programmer, but the code is very complex. You also need to make sure that your chassis is designed to run mecanum (wheels must be in a perfect square, neutral camber, etc.). These were challenges last year.

Good luck!