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Unread 29-03-2006, 18:47
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Re: Shooter wheel balancing

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Dan,
I wanted to add some observation here. After two weeks of inspections, the teams that had problems with vibration were using small wheels designed for a much slower speed. As they brought them up to get near to the 12M/s speed rule, they would vibrate. Typically this was the 4" diameter vs. 6" diameter wheel chair type wheels.

Sounds about right. Our's is 8" so at least we don't have to spin it TOO fast, although we are estimating 1200 rpm. Still faster than it was really designed for. Maybe the magical crate fairy will fix it for us! We will find out tomorrow!