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Re: How fast was the fastest mecaum?

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Originally Posted by SpeedFreed View Post
For a summer project, we built an octanum drivetrain powered off of 4 CIMs and 4 Mini-CIMs, and geared the mecanum wheels to 20.5 FPS free-speed. We saw speeds of about 17 FPS, on the field, and 19 FPS in our school's hallways.
Was this due to never having enough space/time on the field to accelerate to your full speed? That would be a problem this year since the field will get cramped and there won't be room to accelerate much.
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