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Re: Holonomic Drive Question

I think the reason why holomics are easy in general to push around is the reason why they are built. Manueverabilty!!!!!!! A holonomic or crab drive is built to be quick and slippery, because having crazy manueverability at 3 feet per second doesn't make all that much sense. You've got to give up tourque for speed, unless you have a shifting or multi-motor drive, something also difficult to accomplish in a holonomic/crab drive. Ultimately, it doesn't matter how many wheels you have towards your opponent; if he's got more torque and similar/better wheels, you're going in the corner. Bottom line.
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