2015: Mecanum or Slide?

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Originally Posted by Monochron

I wish that paper addressed the "top speed, and thus the 'feel' of accelerating, in the sideways direction is less than the forward and reverse direction." I still don't know if that one is true.

From what I understand, theoretically a mecanum can go sideways at the same speed that it goes forward. However, it is a lot more lossy in that direction and as a result you go slower.