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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

The Versawheels:
Overall, we love them. They provide subjectively good traction at an incredible price, and we haven't had significant issues with them. While we can't necessarily shove every robot we face out of the face (we can with a good chunk of them), we have only been displaced by two other robots the whole season (and one of which was while we were still <100lbs, and the other we were still ~110lb, both weights not counting batt/bumpers), 225 (6 motor drivetrain) and 2729 (2 speed drivetrain in low gear). Neither was able to move us with satisfactory speed either, ultimately resulting in them giving up and trying to drive around us.

Sean, we were probably a good match there because we have similar setups

2729 used the 8 wheeled (Versawheels) Drive in a Day chassis with the 5.33:1 single speed transmissions each driven with 2 CIMs. We basically followed the recommended setup process and had something together in no time. It took us a little while to get the recommended encoders, it would be nice if they were sold with the gearboxes as an option.

There was some maintenance we had to follow-up with down the line. We replaced the wheel alignment shaft collars with PVC spacers after seeing them start to shift. It is also on our check list to take a look at the CIM motors to make sure they are tight to the transmissions before we found a solution to the problem.