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View Poll Results: Best Drivetrain
Tank 146 64.89%
Mecanum 6 2.67%
Swerve 49 21.78%
Slide 4 1.78%
Holonomic 3 1.33%
Other 17 7.56%
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Re: Best Drive Train

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Originally Posted by peirvine View Post
The only addition I would make to your drive base would be the addition of a strafe wheel in the center of your robot. You had the right idea with the butterfly drive, its pretty much a Jump Drive, but in order to make better use of your omni's I would have put a strafe wheel in the middle, otherwise you would have been better off just building a multi speed gearbox. Don't get me wrong, I love your butterfly concept, in fact, our team my try it out this summer, but you need to have a strafe wheel if you have omni's.
I think when 148 does this they actually gear both wheels to be the same speed, so they can set front to traction and rear to omni, or vice versa. This allows them to move their center of rotation so they can slide around easier. Watching them drift around the pyramid was really cool, and I had multiple kids ask me how they did that. I wish JVN's blog was still up so I could show them more.
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