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Re: Enough buying talk. Let's hear about ghettofab!

125's ghettofabulous moment happened in Annaplois. We used 4 8" pneumatic tires to provide great traction. Unfortunately, we had such traction that turning was almost impossible. To remedy the situation we decided to shave the tread off the wheel.
In the pits we put the robot on blocks and put a student with a file at each wheel. Pretending to drive forward we used the motors power to help shave down each tire. Unfortunately, we had limited success and rubber particles everywhere. You thought the smell of blown motors was bad, the burnt rubber was much worse.
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