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Re: pic: Possible Team 114 Drive Component

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Originally Posted by Stonefan5271138
It's a really nice design, but what about weight? For 4 of these and the arm, and also size of it so that it can be able to move between the middle larger tetras? Those are just some things that might become problems, but you probably have it all planned out. But overall, that's a really cool omni drive system.
Well since weight is always an issue in the end, I did my best to keep the weight of each swerve module as light as possible. According to the weight calculator in Inventor each module will weigh around 8 pounds.
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