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Re: Mecanum vs. Tank Drive?

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Originally Posted by JohnFogarty View Post
I do understand that the mobility is the advantage, but I have suspicions that people on this forum seriously overstate the difference in torque in between the two drive systems. I don't dismiss the experience people have here off hand, I just want some real world data specific to this argument.
While I do not have data, here is a video showing our mecanum from 2013 which we feel was our best implementation of this drivetrain. This was posted in another recent thread and now added here at John's recommendation. One thing to note, the video clips are more or less in order as we progressed through the season.

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