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Originally Posted by efoote868
= very heavy, and difficult to control. 1 second variation in shifting times is alot, and the change in wheel speeds would make your robot go 'crazy'
besides, Mecanum wheels don't get enough traction to need a low gear
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Let's just shoot down ideas and prevent innovation.
With the exception of the 1 second shift times, this idea isn't bad.
If faster shifters were used this wouldn't be a problem. A mecanum drive with a medium speed, and a really fast one would be a huge boost to mobility. Alhough current games seem to require pushing power and traction, none of us have any idea what next years game may be. Because of this, any idea right now can't be ruled out...
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These shifters are nice innovation. Even with the 1 second shift time they could be very useful. Imagine the game next year requires moving very large heavy goals (I vaguely remember that for some reason....) and no defense. Then a high speed to drive around, and a low speed to move goals would be nice and the 1 second shift time wouldn't really have any negative effects.