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Re: pic: 2996 Octocanum Prototype

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Originally Posted by Max Boord View Post
What was the reasoning for having the mecanum wheels on the outside? If you get into a head on pushing match you are likely to be tipped off of the colson wheels and onto the mecanums. Also why 6 inch mecanums over 4 inch mecanums and a belt or chain reduction to the colson wheels? It seems like that is the more conventional configuration and would allow for smaller and lighter packaging.
Honesty, the main reason is we had 6in mecanums lying around, and this is our first prototype; we just wanted to see what building a more complex drive train was like. But there have been some good points mentioned in the thread, and mine was if something went wrong, we would be able to default to casters.
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