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Re: Best Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
You can do pretty much anything you can imagine with a swerve. Just if you have a coaxial like 148 or 118 where there's only one central gearbox providing power to all of the wheels you can't turn like a tank. With some tricky Programming and the ability to steer either side independently then you could turn in theory but it wouldn't be easy.
That's not necessarily true. The reason 148 or 118 can't turn like a tank is because it has on central gearbox powering the entire drivetrain (not the rotation but the wheels). Coax crab can still be accomplished using two (or more depending on your preference) independent gearboxes that control the wheel nodes independently. If you only have one gearbox then regardless of programming you won't be able to turn like a tank.
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