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Originally Posted by EStokely
Main reason (as of day 2 of the build) for not doing a Mecanum drive, the work best when each wheel has an equal force on it (weight) the fact that we will be moving arms (or something) around to score will be shifting that weight, admittedly that will be in a "safe" zone. But while on the field these shifts can lead to chaotic motions from a Mecanum drive.
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Just to be clear: the force changes themselves do not affect the behavior of the mecanum, unless the force on a wheel (or wheels) becomes so small that the wheel(s) loses traction and begins to slip. Then you'll get the odd behavior mentioned.
In other words, as long as the wheels don't slip, the kinematics remain unchanged.