[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

With a system like 968's they could replace them whenever they wanted. Before the 2nd match of the Finals on Einstein, they apparently replaced one so they could drive slightly better.

Just to clarify, we could easily replace all 6 wheels in under a minute and I do believe we did so before that last match. By new wheels, I mean wheels with new tread. As Cory mentioned, both teams had two sets of wheels so that at any given time we could be replacing tread while the robot was still on the field.

The new tread helped us drive straighter which was very helpful during autonomous mode. We had a gyro to keep us going straight and encoders to tell us when to stop, but new tread always seemed to add consistency and lessen the error/drift.

In regards to the OP, I agree with most everyone that you should add some sort of protection for the wheels. It is something we will be doing this year for sure, one way or another.