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Re: 6" Pneumatic Wheel Help/Suggestions for other wheels for an outdoors robot

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Originally Posted by GarrettF2395 View Post
One word of advice, make sure you lower your center wheel more than an average 6WD.
We used the AndyMark 8" pneumatic wheels in '12 and made the mistake of only doing an 1/8th inch drop. Our maneuverability and turning were absolutely horrific.
Maybe someone else can chime in with the correct numbers, but I think I've read that you want at least a 1/4 inch drop on your center wheel.
Do you think that with the uneven wheel inflation mentioned in an earlier post (center wheel more inflated than outer) a 1/8" drop would work? Not that it's too hard to change in the model, just curious
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