Minibot wheels

[big1boom]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

Half right. No where does it say they have to be Tetrix wheels.

No where in the rules does it say you can use other wheels besides Tetrix wheels.

Unless you make them yourself out of the materials allotted.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by big1boom

No where in the rules does it say you can use other wheels besides Tetrix wheels.

Unless you make them yourself out of the materials allotted.

<R92> has very restricitive language for aluminum in part "H", but gives no such restricitions for polycarb in part "F". AndyMark plaction wheels are entirely polycarb and the bolts holding it together would be legal fastners. I don't believe their hubs or treads would be legal though.

http://www.andymark.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=103

[Chris is me]

I don't see why you'd want to use AndyMark wheels (which are bigger and heavier than Tetrix wheels) when you could just machine your own or buy small ones that happen to be made of polycarbonate.

[Alpha Beta]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I don't see why you'd want to use AndyMark wheels (which are bigger and heavier than Tetrix wheels) when you could just machine your own or buy small ones that happen to be made of polycarbonate.

I could think of some advantages to using a 6 or 8 inch wheel with flanges to help guide the robot on the pole. The point however was not to intimate that AndyMark wheels are the solution. The point was that the rules do not restrict you to raw materials only for polycarb. Preformed materials are allowed. Q&A even clarified this point here. http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=16317