Finding Mecanum Wheels

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by mathman05

I don't see why you would be worried about getting your mecanums stuck on the ramp. I understand the metal of the wheels would be touching the ramp, but you shouldn't be going up the ramp sideways in the first place.

I believe he means strafing while on the ramp, not strafing in order to climb up the ramp. In any case, any sort of drive train will have issues climbing the bump at an off angle unless there's a suspension system. At an off angle it's guaranteed that at least 1 wheel will come off of the ground. If you want to go mecanum and climb the ramp, you will have tradeoffs to consider regardless of how you design it.

Those mecanums are pretty cool; actually in hindsight 4 sets of those little mecanums would have been perfect for our drive train since I'm sure they can handle 20lbs per wheel (for $85, they better!). Hmm, actually at 50A durometer the rollers might rip themselves apart... though it may be worth some offseason testing nonetheless.