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Re: Programmers on the Drive Team

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Originally Posted by arimb1999 View Post
Using mecanums and a 3-axis joystick often means you get a turning component when you don't want one. To correct this, there are two buttons on the joystick: one only uses the x-axis and the other only uses the y-axis.
Not if you buy a quality 3-axis joystick (I used to be skeptical of this too). We bought two Thrustmaster T16000m joysticks this year and they are awesome. It seems silly to me to spend thousands of dollars on registration and building the robot only to use very inexpensive controllers to drive it!
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