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You read XKCD and...

If you're going to go to such trouble to mount your wheels, why use mecanum's when Omni's would be simpler and cheaper!
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Re: You know you're a FIRSTer when...
you dream about what you think next years game should be.
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Re: You know you're a FIRSTer when...
When you can think of at least three other threads about this topic, at least one of which is active.
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Re: You know you're a FIRSTer when...
...when you read that comic earlier today and wondered when it would pop up on CD
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Re: You know you're a FIRSTer when...
I saw that this morning too. Did anyone else notice that the things in the image were mecanums but they labeled them as omnis?
We're all suuuch geeks, but it's more interesting that way
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You have already designed a 5 speed automatic crab drive transmission for next years game (if we don't use it ill post CAD of it)
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I saw that this morning too. Did anyone else notice that the things in the image were mecanums but they labeled them as omnis?
We're all suuuch geeks, but it's more interesting that way
It gets worse... you don't mount mecanums that way and expect them to work. Omnis--not exactly stable, I don't think, though you could probably get away with it.
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When you can think of at least three other threads about this topic, at least one of which is active.
You got it FIRST. Darn I just accidently capitalized FIRST again.
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