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Re: Favorite wheels
If speed and agility is the main concern, then I find AM mecanums to be nice. just be sure to use the newer gray rollers and not the older black ones. when direct driven by toughbox nanos they tend to be pretty foolproof... my fromer team, 2783, used that type setup in 2011 and there were no issues regarding the drivetrain.
In addition, they save the programming squad a lot of time... being part programmer I know the level of *fun* swerve code can be...
the only wheel I really have a strong opinion on was the 8" coolie dualies. Anymark no longer has them on their site, and to those reading this, you should be very grateful. I remember from 2008 (on 1747) how bad they seemed to bend... the robot had 2 AM performance wheels in the front and 2 coolie dualies int he back... the robot killed all 4 we had on hand and had we had more the number would have gone up from there. I am not sure why they taco'd so easily but it was very frustrating... It seems that the newer dualies are of better and stonger design.
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Dean's List Semi-finalist 2010
1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics 2008-2010, 2783 Engineers of Tomorrow 2011, Event Volunteer 2012-current
DISCLAIMER: Any opinions/comments posted are solely my personal opinion and does not reflect the views/opinions of FIRST, IndianaFIRST, or any other organization.
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