Best looking wheels

[sporno]

the ones i loved at Championship were some that were CNC'ed and anionized goldenish .. they looked like the MUGEN RNR's for you honda fans. what were your favorite wheels

I'm a little biased, but it's gotta be ours. there should be a pic around here somewhere...

here we go! http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22758

[sporno]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

I'm a little biased, but it's gotta be ours. there should be a pic around here somewhere...

here we go! http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22758

thats sick.... where do u get stuff like that .. i envy those wheels , my bot had the skyways with treat cut into them from a chop saw

[Po-ser]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

I'm a little biased, but it's gotta be ours. there should be a pic around here somewhere...

here we go! http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22758

Actually, out of curiosity, did the tread ever rip out of the fasteners on those bad boys? It looks like there's so little holding in so much!

[James114]

Originally Posted by Po-ser

Actually, out of curiosity, did the tread ever rip out of the fasteners on those bad boys? It looks like there's so little holding in so much!

The pop rivets never came out and we are still using that very same tread on the wheels even to this day.

[Gabe]

Ah yes, the wonderful aspects of blue nitrile conveyor belting. Wears less than the natural rubber, and that means more time without having to change tread, which is hard to do within five minutes.

About wheels, I must show you what our 2006 wheels look like. The design came from one of our team members.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24249

With blue nitrile tread on them, they are beautiful.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by Gabe

Ah yes, the wonderful aspects of blue nitrile conveyor belting. Wears less than the natural rubber, and that means more time without having to change tread, which is hard to do within five minutes.

About wheels, I must show you what our 2006 wheels look like. The design came from one of our team members.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24249

With blue nitrile tread on them, they are beautiful.

I would like to see those on a blue car!

[Stephen.Yanczura]

Originally Posted by James114

The pop rivets never came out and we are still using that very same tread on the wheels even to this day.

x2 It looks sketchy, but they hold very, very well. I used them last year when I mentored 1660. As for wheels... I like BBS LMs



And Team 195's Belt cogs are the bizzzz

EDIT: To answer sporno's question; I can speak for Team 195 only here, we buy the solid belt cogs from BrecoFlex and have one of our sponsors CNC mill over HALF of the material out of the inside.

[jackie Ha]

to be honest, and a little bias, i loved 968's / 254's wheels. the hex shafts made the changing tread sooooo much more easier for me and the pit crew.

Originally Posted by Po-ser

Actually, out of curiosity, did the tread ever rip out of the fasteners on those bad boys? It looks like there's so little holding in so much!

we never had any issues with losing tread... however, we did have some issues with having too much traction.... that was interesting.

[Sean Marks]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

I'm a little biased, but it's gotta be ours. there should be a pic around here somewhere...

here we go! http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/22758

our wheels look almost exactly like that.

There pretty sweet

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by sporno

the ones i loved at Championship were some that were CNC'ed and anionized goldenish .. they looked like the MUGEN RNR's for you honda fans. what were your favorite wheels

The West Coast Wheel -- Originally used by 60 & 254 in 2004. Various incarnations have now been used by 4, 22, 968, 980 among others.

Wildstang 2006

IFI Traction Wheel v2

[Lil' Lavery]

Wildstang '06
781 '04

[Po-ser]

At Wired Magazine's NEXTFEST in New York two weekends ago I saw mechanum wheels in action for the first time on Team 40's robot, and I think I could feel my jaw drop to the floor. I know the shock of seeing mechanums will fade eventually, but for now they're the most eye-popping, eye-pleasing thing I think I've ever seen. (Sorry, couldn't find a picture. Not like you all haven't seen them already.)

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Po-ser

At Wired Magazine's NEXTFEST in New York two weekends ago I saw mechanum wheels in action for the first time on Team 40's robot, and I think I could feel my jaw drop to the floor. I know the shock of seeing mechanums will fade eventually, but for now they're the most eye-popping, eye-pleasing thing I think I've ever seen. (Sorry, couldn't find a picture. Not like you all haven't seen them already.)

357's Mecanum drive (dubbed the jester drive), is the sexiest of all the FRC mecanums.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/20664
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/25132
http://www.team357.org/?page=view_photo&ID=358