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Re: Mecanum Direct drive

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
Direct drive systems absolutely must be supported on both sides of the wheel, and well. Pillow blocks (whether IGUS or from mcmaster.com) are very useful in this regard.
I'd like to disagree. 810 has been direct driving mecanum wheels off of the BaneBots P80 transmission, unsupported for the past 4 years with absolutely no problems. Although the P80's do seem a little beefier than the ToughBoxes.
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