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Originally Posted by geomapguy
Seem pretty durable?
Did you get hex or 8mm??
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Sorry for being slow to get back here -- kinda busy in the lab today.
I got two wheels with hex bore. Rigged up a VexPro hex test shaft on some bearings resting in v-blocks, and an indicator to measure face runout near the outer edge of the black plastic. TIR was about 0.015 inch and I think some of that was caused by sloppy internal clearances in the bearings. These wheels appear to run pretty true.
I have not made a traction test set-up yet. Materials appear very similar to those used in other AM wheels that have been included in FRC kits for last several years, so I anticipate similar CoF. Interesting that the treads are crowned, rather than flat or dished as many other AM KoP wheels have been. This has me thinking they might be useful on the corners of a 6WD or 8WD set-up, with very little mid-wheel drop required.
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