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Re: Year of pneumatic tires

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Originally Posted by nuggetsyl View Post
Hear ye hear ye I declare this will be the year of pneumatic tires. After playing on the feild today in N.H. IMO for the majority of first teams should use pneumatic tires if they are looking for a solution that gives you the most options. As evidence to show it will work watch 1114 go over the bump in 2012.
Though pneumatic tires will be very popular this year, rhino drivetrains are favored as well. There have been many orders for rhino drivetrains from Andymark; therefore, AndyMark put a notice on the part's page that states:
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Originally Posted by http://www.andymark.com/Rhino-p/am-3322.htm
Due to the demand on this module, we expect these to ship in 2-3 weeks from date of order placed currently. We are working with our suppliers to improve this date. We apologize for the delay.
I feel that the rhino drivetrain is becoming popular because "Robot in 3 days" are thinking of using it, and are currently building a prototype of it.
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