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Re: Help!!..wheels?

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Originally Posted by team2061 View Post
My team is still trying to figure out wat are good cheap wheels that we can use on our robot. We already have andy Mark wheels but the tread wears Away way to fast for Us to be replacing. We also put wagon/pneumatic wheels on our off season project but they had to much traction for our robot to even try turning.so my question is what wheels has your team had success with?
You could get some conveyor belting from McMaster and use that as a covering for the AMs. That's a trick that a lot of teams use.

330 uses AM wheels on the corners and 6" pneumatic casters in the center, running a 6WD "drop" configuration. The wheels are replaced regularly due to lots of use.
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