Valid Configuration? Kiwi with mechanum wheels

[jkelleyrtp]

Originally Posted by Ari423

This idea will work fine, but why do it? The only thing I can think of is you save the money on one wheel, gearbox, and motor. I can't think of any other benefits.

It wouldn't be its own drive system, but a dead simple way to do "ocatocanum kiwi."


In a system like this, you would only need to force down the rear omni to put yourself on the appropriate strafe wheels. The forward mechanums would be off the ground just a tiny bit and chained to each side's gearbox.
Therefore you would only need to add one motor, omni, and piston (or one versadrop) and have a butterfly style drive as opposed to this.