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Re: Wheels for the Offseason?

I agree about making sure your mounts, motor gearings, and other structural parts can stand the forces imparted onto high-traction wheels. Our team made our swerve modules completely out of 3/8" Lexan, and it held up fine on the FRP, but even then, it flexed quite a bit (actually did this neat little thing that helped that we didn't expect where the wheels jumped forward while stopping, acting as an ABS). Any structural stability that was iffy when it was on FRP with the slick wheels will be magnified a hundred times.

But as for wheels, I would agree with the 2008 kit wheels. If seen less pictures of pieces of them than the 2007's, and we haven't had any issues with them while putting them through crazy extreme shooter tests (i.e. direct driving them from a CIM, and launching a rubber ball off of them). They're also the same dimensions as the rover wheels, and will be relatively easy to swap out, requiring few to no modifications.

Last edited by daltore : 29-04-2009 at 23:15.