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Unread 07-02-2013, 07:29
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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
Our team was using a Plaction wheel until the tread separated at the stapled connection and gave one of the mentors a pretty nasty "rug burn". We went to the pneumatic wheels and balanced them initially by adding 0.75 oz of automotive stick-on weights (Harbor Freight has them) to the opening in the hub directly across from the valve. That seemed to work much more smoothly, but we will probably try to fine tune the balance before competition.