Thread: Macanum ability to climb ramps
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Re: Macanum ability to climb ramps
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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
But this thread has me thinking that maybe we do want to revist mecanums this year... not with an articulated system like that one, that's just a bit beyond our build capacity this year, even if we replaced the central clutch with an FP and gearbox to drive the omni wheel... but instead... maybe if the front wheels also ran a belt... that didn't connect to the rear wheels (or else the pulley just free-wheeled on the rear axle) so that when you get high-centred on the climb the belt does the driving. It would be a combination of mecanum and tank-tread drive....
This is almost exactly what we are building right now. We want to mock one up and see just how well it does...

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