2015: Year of the Mecanum

[Mecanum Wheel]

Originally Posted by Aedan Hawke

We've used mechanums for the last couple of years with success. Last year we made our own gearboxes and built them into our chassis. They worked exceptionally well but, obviously, were a huge drain on time. Other years we used Andymark ToughBoxes and those worked well for us. I'd recommend them unless you'd like the challenge of the custom gearboxes.

Hi Aedan. Just for future reference, it's spelled mecanum. It's an easy mistake to make.

Is anyone using 6 inch mecanum wheels with CIMple boxes? We will be and are going for ~11 ft./s.