Thread: Variable Diameter Wheels
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Unread 08-12-2005, 23:51
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Re: Variable Diameter Wheels
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Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor
Har Har Har... Quite punny.

So anywhoo, The only real problem that I see with this from a FIRSt bot perspective is weight. The wheels would would have to be considerably heavier than normal, as well as adding a whole mechanism for tilting the wheels controllably, while retaining some structural stablity. Anyone got any ideas on how to keep the weight down (besides cheeseholing) ?
but then again you dont have a couple gears that would be needed to gain the gear shifts. and well other than a cvt, its probably one of the smoothest gear transitions possible. and infinite.