[Rich Ross]

Although the holonomic drive train is fun to drive and fun to build, I would NOT recommend it. The skunkworks guys should know as well as anyone how physical this game can be, i saw some of the contact they picked up in Vegas.


Many students and even mentors will say "if you are really maneuverable, you won't get hit". Thats true, but if you don't have any room to maneuver in, you will still get hit, pushed, escorted across the field, or whatever you like to call it.

My senior year, we (FRC 830) had a holonomic base. It was well built, but...

We got pushed a lot. Some of you gamers might even say we got PWN3D!!!11!!

Holonomic is a great drive system, but please carefully weigh your options.

An idea, though, would be to add a bit more support underneath. There is a lot of bowing that can occur if you aren't careful.