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Kate00 02-04-2006 20:16

pic: Bent IFI Wheel
 

Adam Richards 02-04-2006 20:16

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Wow that's crazy! Was their wheel exposed at all?

Vince lau 02-04-2006 20:18

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when i saw that at GTR I was :ahh: , how did that happen

Tytus Gerrish 02-04-2006 20:34

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this is very common. those wheels do not hold up well.

Jonathan Norris 02-04-2006 20:40

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I knew you were some aggressive drivers from your amazing job in Waterloo with us and 188. But seriously, you must of hit them hard :ahh:
Let loose on them a little but that time Kate :yikes:.

Mike Betts 02-04-2006 20:42

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The same thing happened to us in Philly. We have not yet reviewed our videos to determine how it could have happened.

Regards,

Mike

Justin M. 02-04-2006 21:14

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We had tons of problems with our wheels in philly.

The tread came off twice, it needed to be riveted down. We lost one wheel beyond repair, and by the end of the day, one of the two IFI wheels were just like that.

Nuttyman54 02-04-2006 21:42

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I think one of the problems was that IFI designed these wheels before the game was put out. They may have had some hints that traction would be needed, but they probably didn't expect THIS kind of phsyical gameplay. At SVR, the spokes on 1280's custom wheels were completely sheared off in the second Finals match. If gameplay was that rough on their wheels (which appeared pretty sturdy), I can imagine it could do some pretty bad things to the IFI wheels.

Billfred 02-04-2006 21:47

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Seems odd. 1293 used them as the center wheels on our 6WD setup (with Skyways for the outside), and we never had a problem with them all through Palmetto. (Look at the videos on SOAP, and you'll see we weren't exactly being gentle with Chomp, either.)

We did have issues at times with popping chains on the gearbox-IFI-wheel route, but I don't have the evidence needed to pin that on any one thing. Besides, we remained mobile for all nine matches.

Adam Richards 02-04-2006 21:58

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Yeah... 1341 used 6 of those as well, and we had not a single problem with them at UCF. Not a dent, not a removed rivet. We weren't a full-time defense bot, but it did play a big part in my team's strategy after we shot off the initial 9 balls we were carrying.

Jeff K. 02-04-2006 22:20

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We, 1138, also used 6 of those. The only thing we noticed about them after BAE was pretty big dent in the front of the wheel from playing defense, and then at LA, we had stripped some screws, broke some rivets, and i think quite a few more dents after LA, but nothing major.

We have a lot of work at ATL retreading all and fixing broken screws in 4 of the 6 wheels. These wheels are pretty sturdy though from what we've seen, and we're a hard-hitting defensive robot.

DaveA412 02-04-2006 22:33

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our team ripped the center out of our skyway wheels 4 times it was pretty sick its like my own lil driving trophy ill try to get a picture up soon

Tytus Gerrish 02-04-2006 22:34

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it seems whenever i see a set of ifi's and a pair of andymark transmitions together the ifi wheels disintegrate. as soon as we put a little load on our drive-train the wheels were in pieced the sprockets lost concentricity. they all started wobbling and the ball bearings EXPLODED!!! the whole bolt-together plate thing just doesn't stand up to much force.

Jeff K. 02-04-2006 22:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish
it seems whenever i see a set of ifi's and a pair of andymark transmitions together the ifi wheels disintegrate. as soon as we put a little load on our drive-train the wheels were in pieced the sprockets lost concentricity. they all started wobbling and the ball bearings EXPLODED!!! the whole bolt-together plate thing just doesn't stand up to much force.

We have the AM 2 speeds with the IFI Wheels, and they still held up. For the sprockets, we had to put a bearing in the center of the sprocket to keep it concentric though.

You're right though about the plates, they could be thicker, but for their weight, they're pretty nice.


Dan Petrovic 02-04-2006 22:54

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We are replacing our rear pneumatic wheels with a pair of 2 inch wide 8inch IFI's. I doubt we'll get any damage like that! I sure hope not!


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