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Originally Posted by DeepWater
Andy,
BTW: What sort of hub setup are you thinking of for the final design? For what it's worth I would love to see a setup compatable with IFI wheels with the same sort of 3/8" flanged bearings and sprocket hole pattern (6 on 1.875" IIRC). They would then be a drop in replacement on the KitBot chassis.
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We'll be coming out with an assembly print within 10 days or so (there I go making promises...).
We definitely will have the 6 holes on a 1.875" pattern, which is what our
polycarbonate omni-wheels and our
Traction Wheels have. We were thinking to have a 1.124" hole in each side plate, for mounting a 1/2" id flange bearing, but if most people want to use 3/8" bearings, we can do a 0.874" hole. Now is the time to give us input on this.
We've debugged these wheels last fall, as TechnoKat students made a drive base and actually sat on it while driving it around our shop. The wheels held up beautifully, and strafed sideways better when they had an extra 100# on the drive base.
More to follow...
Andy B.