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Re: 4" Mecanum Wheels

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Originally Posted by kk052 View Post
As far as i can tell the vex wheel is not rated for FRC robot weight, i believe they are only supposed to hold about 20 or 30 Lbs. Ive also been lookoing into 4 inch machanum wheels for an octanum, but so far have failed to find wheels capable of suporting 155 Lbs. So mke sure to check the load limits.

Edit: never mind apparently tbey appear to be rated for 200lbs but i don't know if that aplies to all the different sizes or not
The VEXpro 4" mecanum wheels are rated for FRC weights.
http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/wh...um-wheels.html
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