Wheel

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Does anybody know where to buy a good wheel for robot?

Thanks :)

[Ed Sparks]

I just opened our shipment from skyway.......

I ordered some of the 9" pneumatic and some of the 9" bead-lock and my initial opinion is forget the bead-locks and go with the pneumatic tires. They are ohhhhh soooo stickey and reasonably light. The bead-locks with the Dupont whatever-it-is tires are somewhat soft but are heavy and do not adhere to the carpet nearly as well as good ole rubber.

I've just designed an adapter to adapt the 3/4" hub in the pneumatic wheels down to 1/2" and will post it in the "Manufactured Parts" library of the FIRST CAD Library.

My only decision is weither or not I want to stick (no pun intended) to my homebrew (sorry: top secret) wheels at 6" or go with these 9" monsters.

hmmmmm......

:)


Skyway Wheels (http://www.skywaytuffwheels.com)

[AdamT]

If you're not going to build your own, skywheels have some decent stuff. You should look back to this thread for more info:


http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2015&goto=newpost

We had a nice little debate over buying wheels or making wheels or tracks...good stuff.

[Jeff Waegelin]

We made our own wheels. We used 6" circular solid aluminum (available from SPI) and took out some weight with holes, and added a built-in hub and bearing.