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Re: 2017 Drive Train

I know that thread has been open for awhile now, but I'll just throw in my two sense. Our team has officially decided to go with a custom-build mecanum drivetrain. I know most teams have decided by this point, but our reasoning was as follows:

1. Agility/maneuverability will be key for auto/gear placement
2. Defensive situations can be avoided by "running away" - it is harder to trap a mecanum robot
3. Possibility of a "ground-engage" mechanism for staying in one spot (perhaps for shooting)
4. Sacrifice torc for speed - i.e. with a mecanum drivetrain we have little reason for torc, so can therefore throw torc to the wind, and go for as much speed as possible in our drivetrain.

I know some have said that mecanum is not the way to go this year, but we think there's plenty of use to be had there.
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