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Re: Weight on Mecanum or Slide

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
My gut reaction is that this is a bad assessment of the effects. I would love for you to correct me though Do you have any links to data or videos to back that up? Basically, I have a feeling that a change in drive characteristics mid-match would be something that is very hard to deal with regardless of driver skill.
I don't have data, but I do offer this: an 8-lb tetra, hung a short distance off of a mecanum's frame, produced a very significant arcing motion in strafe mode. It would have been very difficult to deal with via driver control.
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