[Scott Kozutsky]

Originally Posted by asid61

How are you getting above max speed? You might get more power in a direction (like with a kiwi), but not more max speed.
The major advantage I can see to this is being able to run a crab drive without worrying about turning scrub, but at that point one might as well run mecanum or pure swerve. I think this would be usable for a team with low programming resources that wants to get into swerve (say during the build season) but wants a good backup plan for if it doesn't work out. Crab is significantly easier to program than full swerve.

drive straight to max speed, turn left at 90 degrees and accelerate in that direction to max speed. Because of the omni wheels, you actually (ideally) don't lose your forward momentum after turning and, as such, move in both directions at your maximum geared speed, hypotenuse of that vector triangle is 1.414 times the side length.

There are also the standard "butterfly" advantages of this over traction wheels. See 33 in 2014 for similar reason, why would they go for omnis over traction in a standard tank. This concept is silly but IMO does merit actual consideration, even as just a thought experiment; it has some significant advantages.