Thread: Plaction wheel shooter?
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Re: Plaction wheel shooter?
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Originally Posted by Leav View Post
Hello,

My team is a bit behind schedule, and we have not finished our shooter yet.

We meant to use 8" AM pneumatic wheels directly driven from cim motors, but that caused very strong vibrations, which we didn't like.

We tested the same setup with 8" AM Plaction wheels and the vibration was considerably lower.

We would like to use the plaction wheels, but I'm afraid that they won't work as well as pneumatic wheels, and we won't be able to test for a few more days.

So... has anyone seen, used, tested or heard of an 8" plaction wheel shooter?
I'd like to try and gain some 2nd hand experience here in order to make the better decision early on.

Thanks,
-Leav
You could try balancing the wheel as Andy talked about. And spin them a little slower, with both ends of the shaft supported.
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