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Re: Best wheels to not damage a gym floor

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Have you done this?

I could see if the wheels really rapidly slipped the surface speed and resultant friction could melt the wax a bit.
150lbs on four 1" contact patches of tight-pile carpet could easily get around a gym, so long as the direction of the wheels mostly follows the momentum of the robot. I didn't do it with an FRC bot, but I did do it to a smaller VEX robot to chase my dog around the hardwood floors of my new house.
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