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Originally Posted by Andrew Zeller
Very slick design. Love the LEDs. My team has went with simple this year as well. Could you give me some more details about the green belt that you are using to feed frisbees into the shooter (seen in the video at 3:51)? Did you purchase it from McMaster? What about the pulleys driving it? Seems to work very well. Thanks.
Edit: Drivetrain looks like ours as well. Have you experienced wear on the tread of the Versa Wheels? Our center wheel has been wearing faster than the others causing slower turning and I am wondering if once the pointier part of the tread wears off, the larger surface area wears less. Might just have to swap center wheels at competition.
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We are not using Versa Wheels, we're using Traction wheels with Hatched tread. wheels usually wear over time. Last year the pneumatic wheels 1114 had on their robot were completely flat (tread) and had no tread on them at all, so you may have to change them a few times this year to keep a great drivetrain.
The belt was made for us in 2011 (for our failed gripper) and happened to work for this design. we had a belt made for us this year but it was wide, so if it tracked it would jam. We got it made by a local manufacturer, so no it wasn't from mcmaster-carr.
ahah Thanks Joe
