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Re: Omni Wheels Survey

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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
George, i know 1083 wants to try to build its own omniwheels next year and i was wondering if you were planning to make them bigger than those 4.72" ones from omniwheel.com.
If we do build our own, they'll prolly be bigger. I think bigger ones are easier to make, although I'm not totally sure about that. 6" would be a good size, I think.
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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
I can't actually think of a valid reason why wheels that small are bad, but very few teams seem to use wheels that small, so there is probably a reason.
The main problem we had with the smaller wheels was clearance. I think our robot ended up with < .5" of ground clearance.
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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
Your grooved omniwheels seemed to have better traction than any others, bought or built.
Thank you very much. =-]
That's probably the best argument for us using them again in the future.
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