Thread: How much Power?
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Re: How much Power?

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Originally Posted by pmangels17 View Post
I'm away at college so I'm not sure, but last I heard we won't be using mecanums. We've got a nifty new idea for 10-sided wheels that will give us more than point-contact traction every tenth of a rotation, thereby increasing our pushing power. All four wheels milled on a 5 axis CNC out of solid 7075 Aluminum billet.
Don't you mean 7071?
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