Thread: BEST MECANUM WHEELS
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Re: BEST MECANUM WHEELS
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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
The question was pretty clearly asking about mecanum wheels, not traction wheels.


IMHO the AndyMark ones are stronger than the VexPro ones if you are willing to accept the extra weight and higher price. Also mecanum CoF is a thing (can't really be more helpful than that atm).

Really if your whole robot is Vex (hubs, sprockets, etc.) it probably pays to stick with Vex so everything is compatible.
I don't think you quite got the joke that the previous person was trying to make... Anyways, not very many teams use mecanum wheels, and the teams who do, don't use them enough for them to be that much of an advantage over a normal tank drive.

If you do decide to go with mecanum wheels, I would have to argue that vex wheels are better because of price but then again, our team has no experience with mecanum wheels and probably never will unless there is an extreme need for them.