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Re: How Do mecanum wheels handle the bumps?

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Where does the extra 40% force come from?
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Same place the extra force comes from if I use a first-class lever to lift a heavy rock.
But you didn't add a lever to the system, or change the one that already existed. The wheels are the same diameter. The same torque on the axle should produce the same force at the edge, right?



I'm trying to understand the vectors as you are trying to describe them, and I'm failing utterly. Can you explain how they work when a mecanum drivebase is traveling at 45 degrees? I wouldn't expect more than 100% of the force to be available in that case either.