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View Poll Results: Live Axle vs Dead Axle
Live Axle 33 38.82%
Dead Axle 28 32.94%
Combination of Both 24 28.24%
Other 0 0%
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Re: Live Axle vs Dead Axle

Our decision to use live or dead axles usually depends on if there is a sprocket driving the wheels.

Our 2013 robot was mecanum which we direct drove each wheel out of the gear box, so it was a live axle.
Our 2012 robot was octocanum (4 mec, 4 traction, switch between) and those were dead axles, because each wheel was driven by a chain and sprocket.
Our 2011 was 6 wheel drive w/ 2 center traction and 4 corner Omni's. That robot had the middle wheels direct driven live axles, with chain going to the corner wheels that were dead axles.
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