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12-01-2014, 13:16

Ty Tremblay Ty Tremblay is offline

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Re: 8 wheel mecanum drive

Doubling your wheels will double the surface area in contact with the floor. This reduces the force on each wheel, reducing each wheel's traction. In short, you'll see no significant improvement in traction by increasing the number of wheels you have.

Couple that with the fact that mecanum wheels must slip in order to work, and you're better off sticking with 1 mecanum wheel in each corner.

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