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

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
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.
We tested this with a custom chassis from last year, definitely agree with GeeTwo; gearbox height is the biggest issue.

In the future, it would be good to test the design in CAD or on a piece of paper before you buy. That could have been an expensive mistake.
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