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Doubling up on Mecanum wheels?
Hi! this is my first post here!
I have a question regarding Mecanum drives. My team, 4096, built a mecanum drive last season, all in all good, but we felt that the torque on our wheels was being wasted because our wheels were slipping. This year, we want more traction on our wheels in order to achieve better acceleration. How feasible would it be to put 2 mecanum wheels side by side next on each corner. They would be fixed on the same drive shaft, so they would rotate in unison, almost like an extra wide wheel. At the moment, 6 inch VEX mecanum wheels are our top candidate.
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
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