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Re: HiGrip wheel

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Originally Posted by PhantomPhyxer View Post
Thanks for the quick response. Like I said two teams at SVR had problems with these wheels. Our team 2643 and 1976. Team 1976 was paired with 254 and 118 to win SVR. But they broke two wheels. Yes, I am waiting to hear from Andy Mark. These wheels seem to be pretty grippy. But I think the drive train can over power the cross section.
It was 1967 that had suffered the wheel failures, the wheels survived CVR without a problem, the students then added an extra pair of cims (4 total with the kit bot transmission), and added a little more defensive components that moved the CG up slightly. This caused a more hoppy robot, which also got into a few serious pushing matches. We actually broke 3 wheels throughout the event, one being last year's high grip that another team had loaned us. I don't think the wheels were bad, just didn't survive the abuse we were putting it through...

Here is an example...

http://youtu.be/048HHG8m6A0

Thanks to the 3-4 teams that loaned us wheels (the team didn't think the wheels would break and didn't pack any extras), including 692, 3933, 3482?, and others!
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