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Unread 04-01-2009, 18:39
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Re: Rover Wheels
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Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl View Post
A note to everyone replying "get some from AndyMark" - the original poster asked for some alternatives for use on practice trailers and prototype bots, due to the cost of the wheels.

$40 for a pair of wheels for the practice trailer may not be in some teams budgets, I know one of the teams I am working with falls into that category, so lets try and provide some helpful alternatives, please?

Good point.

For practice purposes, a very easy thing to do is this:

Rivet on a 0.04" thick strip (or thereabouts) of Acetal plastic to the kit wheels from 2007 or 2008. The 2009 Rover Wheels are actually 6.08 in diameter. Keep in mind that this would be for practice purposes only, if a team wants to reuse their wheels from last year. According to rule R06, only Rover Wheels are allowed in this year's game.

Andy B.