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Drive train questions

03-08-2010, 17:40

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Re: Drive train questions

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Originally Posted by Bjenks548

Thanks for the help, I thought mecanum wheels worked by pulling at a 45 angle from the rotation

That is how they work. And it's why you need 4 to strafe. You need the back wheels to cancel out the fore-aft force vector components.

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