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Originally Posted by RRLedford
Do you know what the maximum RPM rating for those wheels is?
I assume you got the maximum diameter.
For maximum ball grip, why did you select the FIRMEST 50A rubber instead of the SOFTEST 30A formula?
-RRLedford
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Our team color is blue so we got the blue wheels, we got the 3 and 7/8 .5 key bore wheel .8 inches wide. 50 shore A is still incredibly soft, The other lead designer and I preferred durability over a little more grip, and they grip so well anyway that we don't think it will be a problem. The Blue wheels are so grippy in fact, that you can press them into the wheel without applying anything other than normal force to the surface of the ball, and when you remove the wheel little flecks of the Orange paint come off the ball, anything gripper and you would be in danger of shredding both the ball and the wheel. We chose the roughly 4 inch diameter size because it worked nicely with our available reduction on the 500 series motors available, as well as positioning in the robot. These wheels are being used both as Intake and Launcher wheels, and we wanted both to be the same size so the robot has more uniform parts, and the 4 inch size allows us to most conveniently push the intake roller to the frame perimeter.