Thread: Wheels: Metal or Plastic?
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Re: Wheels: Metal or Plastic?
I have thought a great deal about this, and I think plywood is a very suitable material for FRC wheels. Attaching tread is easy, manufacturing is cheap, and the strength to weight ratio is high.

I plan on doing some experiments with this if I have some free time, but I think 188 has used this design successfully in the past for sure. I have a CAD model somewhere which I believe beats most aluminum wheels I have seen for weight.
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