Thread: Gear Ratio For Mecanum
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Re: Gear Ratio For Mecanum
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Originally Posted by Mineboy2300 View Post
We are Building our Mecanum Drive for this years robot and are wondering if anyone knows what a good gear ratio would be if we are powering 4 wheels with 1 cim each. We want to be able to go across the bumps with our ~120 pound robot plus 6 totes. Thanks
Take a look at this Build Blitz resource on Mecanum Drive Options. It gives you some good example ratios, as well as the calculations behind them.

http://www.buildblitz.com/mecanum-drivetrain-options/
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