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Re: Converting to Mechanum....

Theoretically it's a simple movement of the existing gearboxes to make room for a second gearbox on each side. The towers themselves will stand up to the torsion the Mecanum wheels would produce (at least outside of competition), so a direct wheel swap would be fine. It looks like you would have to purchase (based upon what you've given us):
  • 1 Mecanum wheel set
  • 2 AM Toughbox
  • 2 AM Toughbox chassis braces
  • 2 CIM motors

For center of gravity on a competition field, you would want to put the wheels more inline with the chassis; yet for offseason prototyping this will not skew your results much.
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