Thread: Mecanum Drive Train
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Re: Mecanum Drive Train
Take a look at the Toughbox Nano, it takes 1 motor and seems easy to mount direct drive.

Setting up a direct drive to your motors will end very poorly though, I would suggest you run some form of reduction at least. I also don't know if the CIM would react well to being loaded in that way. For our holonomic drive 2 years ago, we used direct drive toughboxes directly bolted to our frame (and it worked alright).

I would suggest making either a suspension for your chassis or making it out of a springy material, to ensure wheel contact at all times (will make control much easier).
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