Thread: Help!!..wheels?
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Unread 19-12-2008, 23:56
CraigHickman
 
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Re: Help!!..wheels?

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
... but it doesn't stay new for long
I agree with you here, for wedgetop. Blue Nitrile Roughtop is among the most durable tread materials I've used. Over the 2007 and 2008 season, using the robot for both competition and demos, we NEVER changed our tread on each bot. Never had a problem with roughtop wearing. Wedgetop, on the other hand....

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Nitrile roughtop wears extremely well, and is a good compromise for this situation. I still prefer natural rubber or SBR tread, and just changing wheels often. It seems to be worth the traction advantage.
Nitrile rocks. Never had a bad experience with it. Just lay it against an AM wheel that's been stripped of the polyurethane, drill some holes and slap a few pop rivets in. It's janky, but it WORKS.

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Originally Posted by gorrilla View Post
also the weight distribution over the wheels, could be a factor on the quickness of wear,

last years robot was two wheel drive with almost all the weight on the front two, we had great traction, but we couldent turn well, and the tread wore down to nothing after the FL. Regional!
Yeah, weight distribution is key. I've mostly used roughtop on our 6 wheels, and had no problems there. The closest we got to wearing tread out was on our 2005 Crab Drive, for Triple Play, and that wasn't bad enough for the bot to be at a disadvantage.

Seriously, if you do your attaching right, you can't go wrong with Blue Nitrile (assuming FIRST keeps the carpet....).