Why does it matter if you can or cannot back drive them? Don't forget, you'll need to get a pot or absolute encoder on there to measure rotation of the module and a pretty decent closed loop feedback system to make your swerve effective. Designing and building it is only half the challenge. Getting a swerve to drive predictably and effectively is arguably harder than designing and building it.
If you intend to use this during the season, you should definitely prototype it this off season. I've seen so many teams(including my own) build a swerve and never get the full potential out of it for lack of intuitive controls and programming time.
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Originally Posted by Joe_Widen
O yeh, I see what you mean about that. I was thinking I'd shoot for the window motors is because they have worm gears so they couldnt be back driven.
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On the one hand, I wouldn’t want to discourage innovation. But on the other, I would want to encourage simplicity. - Jack Jones [more] 
08-07-2006, 20:43
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