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Originally Posted by team3329
what about the mechanum wheels? how well do those fit into the eqn?
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If you use a chain drive or a belt drive, or even geared drive with mecanum wheels, you are taking away the advantage, that is strafing. To strafe, the wheels in parallel (assuming the wheels are aligned correctly) turn in the opposite direction. When you mount mecanum wheels with a chain and sprocket, belt and pulley, or gear drive setup, the parallel wheels cannot rotate in opposite directions.
So, if you are planning to create a mecanum DT in which the parallel wheels are chained or belted, you should probably use a regular center drop plaction wheel setup.
I hope this helps!
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08-12-2010, 20:51
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