Thread: 4 inch omni's
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Re: 4 inch omni's

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Originally Posted by hems4321 View Post
I'm wondering if any 4 inch omni woud be able to clear the scoring platform. We ordered 4 inch dualies from andymark with the assumption that they would not get stuck. If any team has experimented with 4 inch omnis, please reply if they've worked or not.
Not if you put four of them onto a KOP chassis and make the center wheel into a spacer - there just isn't enough ground clearance over the WCD-mounted gearbox. (We're going this this year, so I've worked this one out.)
If your chassis has enough clearance-to-length ratio at the nose to clear the 16 degree ramp on approach, and more than about 1" of clearance around the center, and you haven't geared too high or used slick omni wheels, you should be able to manage it.