Mecanum Wheels

[Zerobricks]

Here are the mecanum wheels i've been able to make in LDD.

The first one was used in vector racer, its the smallest, but creates quite some vibrations.

The next one is 2 studs bigger and because it uses 12x2 wheels the smoothest of the lot. Mahjqa tested the parts of the wheel, but none of us was able to build the whole one due to lack of parts

Third one is a thinner version. The pins fit in real life, but the whole wheel is untested.

If anyone has the parts and will to try wheels, I would be gratefull for feedback.

Download file here

[DLuders]

Wow! These are great LDD designs! I used LDD Manager to create individual parts lists for each of the three wheels separately. I'm going to print out the lists and order the missing parts from Bricklink.com to try them out for real! From left to right,

Mecanum Wheel Number 1:

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (1 ea.)

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (1 ea.)

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (4 ea.)

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (6 ea.)

3705 Technic, Axle 4L (6 ea.)

3713 Technic Bush (1 ea.)

4185 Technic Wedge Belt Wheel (Pulley) (4 ea.)

4265c Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth (13 ea.)

43093 Technic, Axle Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (12 ea.)

43093 Technic, Axle Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (12 ea.)

6015 Tire Offset Tread Small Wide (6 ea.)

6536 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular (12 ea.)

x1739 Technic, Axle 8L with Stop (1 ea.)

[b]42610 Wheel 11 x 8 mm with Center Groove (6 ea.)[/b] [added per Zblj's post below]

Mechanum Wheel Number 2:

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (36 ea.)

32054 Technic, Pin Long with Friction Ridges Lengthwise and Stop Bush (6 ea.)

32073 Technic, Axle 5L (12 ea.)

3647 Technic, Gear 8 Tooth (12 ea.)

3707 Technic, Axle 8L (1 ea.)

4185 Technic Wedge Belt Wheel (Pulley)(4 ea.)

42610 Wheel 11 x 8 mm with Center Groove (24 ea.)

43093 Technic, Axle Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (30 ea.)

4459a Technic, Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise and NO Center Slots (6 ea.)

44809 Technic, Pin Connector Perpendicular 2 x 2 Bent (24 ea.)

50945 Tire 14mm D. x 6mm Solid Smooth (24 ea.)

57585 Technic, Axle Connector Hub with 3 Axles (4 ea.)

6558 Technic, Pin Long with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (12 ea.)

75535b Technic, Pin Connector Round with Slot (Pin Joiner Round) (12 ea.)

Mecanum Wheel Number 3:

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (24 ea.)

3705 Technic, Axle 4L (12 ea.)

3706 Technic, Axle 6L (1 ea.)

3713 Technic Bush (12 ea.)

41677 Technic, Liftarm 1 x 2 Thin (12 ea.) [per Zblj's post below]

4185 Technic Wedge Belt Wheel (Pulley) (4 ea.)

42610 Wheel 11 x 8 mm with Center Groove (12 ea.)

4265c Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth (16 ea.) (12 ea.) [per Zblj's post below]

43093 Technic, Axle Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (24 ea.)

44809 Technic, Pin Connector Perpendicular 2 x 2 Bent (24 ea.)

50945 Tire 14mm D. x 6mm Solid Smooth (12 ea.)

x202 Technic, Pin Long without Friction Ridges Lengthwise (12 ea.)

44374 Technic, Liftarm Rotor 3 Blade Thin (4 ea.) [added per Zblj's post below]

Edited September 30, 2010 by DLuders

[Zerobricks]

Dont forget, the first (smallest wheels) dont have rims, and the third wheels use 4 Y shaped pieces, which werent in LDD, so I had to use 2 studs long half beams arround a half bush.

[DLuders]

@ Zblj: When you say that Mecanum Wheel 1 does not have "rims", what do you mean exactly? When you say that Mecanum Wheel 3 uses 4 ea. "Y-shaped" pieces, do you mean the 57585 "Technic, Axle Connector Hub with 3 Axles" part below?

[Zerobricks]

I mean, the wheel in LDD used in vector racer doesnt have these parts inside smaller wheels, because LDD wont allow them to fit there:

And the wheels furthest on the right need four of these as internal structure:

Can anyone try build the biggest middle one?

[esrtiece]

Zblj,

I have build the biggest wheels. Due to a lack of parts i had to redesigned them a little bit.

I only have enough rims, not enough tires. So i have replaced the rims with gears (12 Tooth Bevel Gears)

And for the inner work I had only 8 Technic, Axle Connector Hub with 3 Axles for all the wheels.

I used 2 in each wheel.

inner design picture

so i used Technic, Axle Connector with Axle Hole insted of

Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1.

Thats the only improvement. Because the angle between this parts on the inner en outher side of the rim is 90 degrees. so the wheels are a little bit stronger.

A big disadvantage is the lack of the tires when it drives.

But overall, a great smooth driving wheel, fun to play with!!! Thanks Zblj!!

This is my first post here, so i hope its readable

Edited October 2, 2010 by esrtiece

[Zerobricks]

Thank you very much! I wasnt avare the angle was 90 degrees! That makes the wheel even stronger. Thanks for tests!

[esrtiece]

I have replaced the gears by the original wheels of the design.

They even drive better now on all kinds of surface.

[Zerobricks]

They really look smooth! Thank you for beta testing Are those solar cells on your robot?

[dolittle]

I wish LEGO would make an official set with these wheels - it could be great

[esrtiece]

They really look smooth! Thank you for beta testing Are those solar cells on your robot?

Yes, at the moment i was building on the wheels, I received my new education solar cells. I thought, WOW, thats a nice combination. To let the wheels even look more futuristic. But it does not work. They can only store 100 Joules of energy. Enough to drive about ..........20 cm. But it looks great. So I left them on it.

[Tobbe Arnesson]

I have replaced the gears by the original wheels of the design.

They even drive better now on all kinds of surface.

Looks super smooth! Cool!

[jantjeuh]

I have replaced the gears by the original wheels of the design.

They even drive better now on all kinds of surface.

Wow! That really looks amazing :) Very manoeuvrable!

[Conchas]

And it looks the erstice model, made its way into LEGOWORLD 2010, Zwolle.

...sorry! didn't figured out how to resize images display here...

http://www.brickshel...y.cgi?i=4717493

[dhc6twinotter]

Does anybody think these could be built in a smaller version? Something around a 3-4L diameter? This would work well for a future project of mine, but only if I can get the size shrunk down.

Thanks,

Daniel

[Tobbe Arnesson]

Does anybody think these could be built in a smaller version? Something around a 3-4L diameter?

Not if you want to have a smooth running wheel. You need several small wheels on the outer rim and that is not possible at such a small size (or at least really hard to achive).

So you either have to scale up the rest of the model to suit the wheels or use other wheels.

[esrtiece]

And it looks the erstice model, made its way into LEGOWORLD 2010, Zwolle.

The second movie was made on LegoWorld. I was there from Wednesday till Sunday.

And Mahjqa was there also, and has seen the wheels.

[dhc6twinotter]

Not if you want to have a smooth running wheel. You need several small wheels on the outer rim and that is not possible at such a small size (or at least really hard to achive).

So you either have to scale up the rest of the model to suit the wheels or use other wheels.

Thanks! I think I've come up with a different solution to my project, but it'll be a while before I start on it. Thanks again!

[dolittle]

Hi,

I am trying to use bricklink to buy the parts needed for the wheels:

Mecanum Wheel Number 1:

32013 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Angled #1 (1+1+4+6 ea.)

3705 Technic, Axle 4L (6 ea.)

3713 Technic Bush (1 ea.)

4185 Technic Wedge Belt Wheel (Pulley) (4 ea.)

4265c Technic Bush 1/2 Smooth (13 ea.)

43093 Technic, Axle Pin with Friction Ridges Lengthwise (12+12 ea.)

6015 Tire Offset Tread Small Wide (6 ea.)

6536 Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular (12 ea.)

x1739 Technic, Axle 8L with Stop (1 ea.)

42610 Wheel 11 x 8 mm with Center Groove (6 ea.)

I have created using Brickstore an XML to buy:

<INVENTORY>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>32013</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>12</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>3705</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>6</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>3713</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>1</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>4185</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>4</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>4265c</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>13</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>43093</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>24</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>6015</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>6</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>6536</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>12</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>x1739</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>11</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>1</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
<ITEM>
 <ITEMID>42610</ITEMID>
 <ITEMTYPE>P</ITEMTYPE>
 <COLOR>99</COLOR>
 <MINQTY>6</MINQTY>
 <CONDITION>N</CONDITION>
</ITEM>
</INVENTORY>

When I placed this on bricklink, I couldn't quite figure out how to now locate one store that had all the components?

Can someone help?

Thanks,

Noam

[Blakbird]

When I placed this on bricklink, I couldn't quite figure out how to now locate one store that had all the components?

Can someone help?

You need to use that XML file to create a wanted list. Once you have the wanted list, you need to click on the "Wanted" tab and then on the "By shop" tab. It will tell you which stores have the most parts. It may not be possible to get them all at one store though.

Edited November 24, 2010 by Blakbird

[dolittle]

You need to use that XML file to create a wanted list. Once you have the wanted list, you need to click on the "Wanted" tab and then on the "By shop" tab. It will tell you which stores have the most parts. It may not be possible to get them all at one store though.

Hi,

Thanks for the help. After some hours spent, I was able to get them all by modifying the color of the items :)

It would have been nice if there was a way to "change" the color to the most available one :]

Thanks,

Noam

[Tobbe Arnesson]

Try getStore next time, works great for these tasks: http://www.tellblom.se/lego/getstores/

[dolittle]

Try getStore next time, works great for these tasks: http://www.tellblom.se/lego/getstores/

Looks nice, but it is Windows online - can't use it on at home.

[DLuders]

It seems like the kids in FIRST Lego League (FLL) have discovered how fun the Mecanum wheels can be. On YouTube, FellowGamerForFun posted this video of "a car shown at the first lego league in the netherlands.. it can move in every single way! xD"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xterA_xrZZY

[dolittle]

Hi,

Finally my package has arrived :)

I got all the parts to build 4 wheels..

A few questions:

1) The angle of the wheel, you can put it at a 45 degrees or 30 degrees, depending on how you build it - is there any significance to the degrees?

2) When you use it in a car, is there any significance to how you put them? i.e. when you build it you can build one set that has a 45 degree angle to the right, and the other that will have the opposite angle, is it important which angle to the main axle each wheel has?

Thanks,

Noam