Drivetrain First Thoughts?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Jared341

When you aren't slipping the wheel, you get the same speed out of a mecanum wheel as you would with a regular wheel of the same diameter. It is a common misconception (and one I had believed until recently) that a mecanum wheel is necessarily slower than any other wheel.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, however...

Mecanum wheels' rollers do spin when driving in a straight line on carpet. This robs them of forward speed. Perhaps on a rigid surface like tile or concrete the "just like a traction wheel" model is adequate, but it falls short on a typical FRC field.