Anyone else using 2009 wheels?

[Rich Olivera]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Don't worry, since AM still sells Rover Wheels they are still legal.

2041 used wheels in this configuration last year. I believe they cracked the spokes of their wheels at the Championship though. You may want to plan some simple AL plate reinforcement for them.

Despite the fact that we cracked the spokes with this wheel configuration last year, we would use it again. Our outer wheels cracked because our robot would always land hard on the far side of the bump. Our middle wheels started to crack because our robot had the tendency to climb vertically when we ran head on into other robots bumper to bumper. These wheels were simply not meant to handle that kind of repeated impact.
There is no bump this year and the bumper zone is back down near the floor. I don't think it would be much of a problem. That being said, the aluminum reinforcements that 1114 made for us on short notice did look pretty sweet.

[Dad1279]

Last year we cut the spokes off, and used the centers as hubs/bearing carriers in our mecanums.