Today, I had this awesome idea for a longboard with mecanum wheels because of a problem we’ve all hated. That issue was that its difficult to do a tight turn on a longboard. About me, I have experience in electronics through building my own custom racing quadcopter and I have a little experience in coding though Arduino. The question, will mecanum wheels perform well on a longboard? and will I need more powerful motors than the ones on electric longboards? in addition, where can I buy cheap mecanum wheels that can do the job? finally, would onmi-wheels be a better option?
About the project. The plan is to have two electric longboard motors connected to a drive controller and power board with two speed controllers. This will all be powered with 3s 1c lipos (likely 4 of them, 2 for each motor). See the diagram below.
