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Ah yes, the wonderful aspects of blue nitrile conveyor belting. Wears less than the natural rubber, and that means more time without having to change tread, which is hard to do within five minutes.

About wheels, I must show you what our 2006 wheels look like. The design came from one of our team members. :D

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24249

With blue nitrile tread on them, they are beautiful.

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haha thanks for the comment!

They are also my favorite wheels and my favorite thing i created.

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HOW / Where do yall get these amazing looking wheels made?.. some look like car rims... AMAZING!

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x2 It looks sketchy, but they hold very, very well. I used them last year when I mentored 1660. As for wheels... I like BBS LMs :eek: ;)



And Team 195's Belt cogs are the bizzzz :)

EDIT: To answer sporno's question; I can speak for Team 195 only here, we buy the solid belt cogs from BrecoFlex and have one of our sponsors CNC mill over HALF of the material out of the inside.

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to be honest, and a little bias, i loved 968's / 254's wheels. the hex shafts made the changing tread sooooo much more easier for me and the pit crew.

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I like the Wildsatng wheels. The are a easy sight to the eyes

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I would like to see those on a blue car!

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we never had any issues with losing tread... however, we did have some issues with having too much traction.... that was interesting.

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I think my team, 868, gives you a run for your money this year. (before the competition chewed/dulled the rollers) They're nice and shiny too
Hub, wheel assembly
wheel assmebly
working on retractable wheel casings

not only are they beautiful, but we also got the xerox creativity award (at atlanta) for our ability to pull them up into our robot

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any more?

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Man, seeing all these cool wheels makes me want to talk to one of our mentors and asking him to CNC out some cool design into ours.

That being said, I think Quixilver's wheels looks the coolest.

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I'm extremely biased, but I think my own custom mecanums are the hottest wheels ever.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26677?

Although Quixilver's lightning bolt pattern is gorgeous :)

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I recognize those... Weren't they on our mill just a bit ago? Looks great you guys, best of luck on making them work.

We topped our wheels from last year, bringing them down to .3 pounds total with tread. I'll post a picture soon.

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Sadly, this year we will not have lightning bolts on our wheels, since we are going with 4" dia. rather that 6" and there is no space to make the pattern on our new wheel size. Rest assured, the wheels will still look nice. (Lightning bolts might come back another year ;) )

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I saw the wheels this year, and also did an approximation on the weight... and the 6in's seemed to weigh less. Not to mention, the chrome lightning bolt wheels looked ace, and I really liked you machined "Quixilver" out of the back of your bot.

Also, I saw the damage your arm took. That was pretty nasty looking, and I hope you get it sorted out. I also hope to see you guys at another regional or the nationals!

-Michael Baker, 675