Video of Mecanum Drive Running Circles Around 6 Wheel Drives

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Originally Posted by lcoreyl

I like what you tried to do with this thread Chris. Unfortunately, it appears no one really read your post...

Or no one can find the video he is asking for. I am personally of the opinion that no one will find a good video which consistantly shows a mec drive driving circles against a decent 6wd. They are, in my opinion, very overhyped. I have seen many many mec drives, most of them were opporated poorly (that is, like a skid-steer drive.) The few that I saw which were well driven performed pretty well, but their performance suffered under defense. (re: Elims).

It's traction deficit outweights its sideways capabilities. You can argue about effieciency loss and manuverability all day long but at the end of the day I don't want to use a drivetrain which can be pushed sideways with one hand, end of story.

Of course, others value sideways motion above traction, as a comunity we will never completely agree because, frankly, we want different things from our drivetrains.

Just remember, The best drivetrain is the one that gets you where you need to go when you need to be there. If it doesn't do that then it has failed.