Question about Mecanum Wheels

[jsasaki]

Originally Posted by KingRandy

Hello everyone, this year my team would like to use Mecanum wheels. This is our first time using them and we have a few questions regarding them...
1) Do we need gearboxes on each wheel or is a motor sufficient?
2) Do we need specific gearboxes?
3) Should we use 4 or 6 wheels or does that not matter?

Thank you for answering our questions, we really appreciate it!!!

1) for most of the motors legal in this years game, a gearbox would be necessary (probably should use 1 of the 6 cims allowed)
2) You could use any gearbox you want. The easiest would be an AndyMark or VexPro single speed Gearbox. Depending on whether you choose a Dead or Live axle setup, the items you would purchase to make the drive work would change.
3) 4 or 6 wheel Mecanum? A Mecanum Drive is generally 4 wheels working independently. You could technically put more wheels. Though it seems counter productive. Omni wheels might be okay to use as additional wheel (non powered) http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/34594


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