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Re: Drive Train & Control Types '07

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Originally Posted by rachal View Post
Here in California, I have been seeing mostly 4/6 WDs, lots of interesting omni setups, and a few mecanum drives (my team is the only one I've seen so far with non-AM mecanums).

There was one very interesting omnidrive at SVR (I think it was team 362) that used two wheels on each side of the bot, with each pair parallel to its corresponding side. Pretty wicked looking

I also saw one with AM omnis arranged at 45 degree angles, much like mecanums.

I really like 254's 6WD drive. It's not only faster than my team's mecanum bot (which can go about 13-14 fps), but it can turn on point better than us Even though it has a significant lack of pushing power, the agility is beautiful.
Lack of pushing power? I think they would be upset if they heard that...

They have a 5fps/16fps (or 6/15 I forget...). The high gear is very fast, and the low gear is putting out a significant amount of torque, probably just around traction limited knowing them (which is a lot, using gum rubber roughtop tread... which is about the highest coefficient of friction you can legally get for wheels). So, I'd say they can push if they need to; They're just too busy scoring.