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Re: Mecanum wheels on the front, regular wheels on the back

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Originally Posted by Foster View Post
Right, but I'd like to power them and we all know that they really are not omni wheels. If they were, I've built a ton of robots with Omni<->regular wheels and I know how that works.

It's the combo of driving a 1/2 mecanum that I'm thinking about.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/42399

Here's something from the 2015 offseason that might be helpful. 585 built a drivetrain with two front mecanums and a single, perpendicular, rear omni.

What do you want to accomplish with this layout? Or are you just wondering how it would behave?
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