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Originally Posted by MSOSDev
A few other posts within this forum go into how Mecanum wheels would not be a good drive system type for this year's game. While we are considering pneumatic tires which are very likely to work, we are reluctant to lose the ability to strafe and quickly navigate the field. This is our current plan for our chassis which utilizes Mecanum wheels, and can be switched with the pneumatic tires at any time. This allows us to go to the competition with both sets of wheels and interchange them. The chassis has 6 inches of ground clearance. What is your opinion on the effectiveness of this chassis and drive system?
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Pneumatic wheels have so much grip that you'd probably couldn't turn with this base. But, with mecanums, you have no viable way of easily getting over the defenses without a separate mecanism. If you want to be able to use pneumatic wheels as a backup, you'll probably need a 6-wheel center drop.