Comment by jcims
5 years ago
They seem to be the mecanum wheel of the sea, another high maintenance, low durability locomotion method.
5 years ago
They seem to be the mecanum wheel of the sea, another high maintenance, low durability locomotion method.
That's inconsistent with the increasing usage described in the article.
I was thinking the same thing, and it’s certainly true functionally, but the mode of operation is quite different. It’s not about combining force vectors from different wheels, instead each blade rotates to always be thrusting in the desired direction.