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Re: Mecanum Wheels is it good fin the Pits

I would go with the one that will be rock solid so you will have fewer repairs and is easier to build ( cut down on assembly time) A drive motor for each corner is simple and safe. On our web site http://team1322.org/omni_drive.htm we have some instructions on how to build a simple mechanical joystick tie. The reason is as follows, in the coding for the robot drives there is a mix control for one joystick to tank drive. Use this to have the left joystick to control the left two motors. Copy and past it to use with the right joystick to control the right motors. With this mixing it allows you to go sideway when you move both joystick sideways, and allows you to go forward and back when both joysticks are move forward and back together. Now you can drive it like a two joystick tank control. The reason for the mechanical tie is to not allow the joysticks to move toward each other or apart. This is very easy to drive all directions with out allot of programming. We have tried all types of joystick configurations and this worked the best. I hope this was not confusing; I tried to make it a clear as I can with out pictures and diagrams.
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