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Re: Help with wheel size
Ten inch wheels are incredibly easy to find if you have the capabilities and the desire to make them work for your application. We are using pneumatic wheels, but we knew that we wanted to have 10" so we wouldn't have to use as much force to be able to cross the barrier. Basically we didn't want to have the barrier be meeting the tire at a point that wasn't below the center line of the wheel.
We found this by using everyday normal utility tires that are found all over the place. Ours are from Tractor Supply Co. and cost us a whopping $5 a piece. A little machining and some CNC plasma cutting provides the sprocket mount and we've got a wheel that can handle anything that we can throw at it.
So like I said earlier, if you have the desire and the ability, you can make anything work.
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Andrew Basse
Coach - FRC Team 3572 - Wavelength
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