09-01-2011, 18:50
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,684
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Re: Mecanum or 6WD
I'm going to disagree with teams that go "mecanum = agility". Every year I see so many teams who say "oh we should be agile so we need a mecanum drive" and it drives me nuts.
First, agile is a very vague term. Mecanum has a specific kind of motion it can do that 6wd can't. The real question is do you need that kind of motion?
Second, it is very easy to underrate the "agility" of a 6wd system. It can turn easily on a dime and drive very well in that fashion. The only thing it can't do is strafe.
Essentially, the trade off is strafing sideways or resistance to pushing / pushing power. Which is more important?
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