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Re: Mecanum Drive Train

When 330 experimented with mecanums a few years back, they used the then-KOP gearbox (which was a design ancestor of the Toughbox) with one motor in each.

1135 used one-motor Toughboxes when they used mecanums in 2008.

Neither had issues with the gearboxes--and yes, they were bolted directly to the frame.
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