Team 1551 videos, prototypes and final designs

[Ben27Lacrosse]

Originally Posted by Squeakypig

I love the drive train you guys came up with. I have never been a fan of mechanum drives but the fact that you paired it up with some tread wheels should make it pretty effective.

I know team 217 and 148 had Nanodrive back in 2010 which is essentially the same concept, just be careful on your weight. I know those teams had to remove their hanging arm because their drivetrain was too heavy.

In team 148's case in 2010 they did not remove the hanging arm because of being overweight, rather they wanted to distribute the weight more evenly to avoid flipping when speeding over the bumps. They also thought in the time it would take to hang they could simply score more goals to accommodate opposing hangers.

My team was thinking about doing a similar drivetrain, but decided on mecanum only. Looks great and good luck!