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Re: Sharp Wheels
Posted by Joe Ross at 1/23/2001 12:20 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


In Reply to: Sharp Wheels
Posted by Josh Vetter on 1/23/2001 12:04 PM EST:



: In addidition to doing four-wheel drive, we are thinking of making some wheels out of metal, which would be similar to a gear, but with points. Would this be allowed, or would FIRST dq it because it could damage the carpet?

My initial reaction was that FIRST would probably DQ you if you used something like gears for wheels, but then I remembered a team (308) last year did use gears for wheels. See the picture below. Basically you would need to test it and see if it damages the carpet. I don't think FIRST would DQ you just for using gears, but they will definetly test to see if they damage the carpet.

: Any other ideas to get more traction would be appreciated too!

There have been to recent discussions that I can remember about what you can do to gain traction.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/wwwboard/...2001/1932.html
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/wwwboard/...2001/1023.html

I hope this helps and good luck on your design.

Joe Ross
Beach Bot, Team 330







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