Octocanum Drive/ Mecanum Suspension Designs?

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

I just thought of something and I was wandering if it had ever been done before. Has anyone done a octicanum-like drivetrain with slide drive that can switch to 6-wheel drop-center? It would definitely push it with weight, but it might make it more worthwhile to go into traction mode for prolonged periods of time.

You lost me at "octicanum[sic]-like drivetrain with slide drive". Octanum uses four mecanum and four traction wheels. Slide drive (aka H-drive) uses five omni wheels. 6-wheel drop-center uses six traction wheels. Would you mind backing up and taking another swing at this?