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The Teamless/ Travelling Mentor
AKA: Justin Sticht
FRC #3278 (Qwerty)
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Re: pic: A mechanum wheel that shouldn't bump around at all.

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
You've got the right idea Justin. The more you get away from 45 degrees in one direction (i.e. smaller angle - roller axis becoming parallel to the plane of the wheel), the less efficient the sideways motion becomes.


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thank you so much for helping explain this. i know it's hard to explain this through writing, and i know i don't usually learn well this way. you helped so much on clearing this up for me. i appreciate it.
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