6/8 Wheel Extra Features

[Marc S.]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

What kind of wheels, and what kind of tread? And any reason for using 3/16 drop over 1/8 drop? Did you feel it had an advantage? If so, what was it? Any disadvantage?

The wheels are custom, we used blue rough top tread. The reason we went with 3/16" drop over 1/8" drop was to ensure better turning capability, less scrub on the raised wheel, etc. The advantages were that we could push every robot we came in contact with (even 469) without any fancy add-on's and without giving up offensive speed. There weren't any big disadvantages with the drive (the only thing that really gave us trouble was the 775 motors (which were removed before champs), if we use the design again we will use 550's in conjunction with the 4 cims).

Though for the moment, emperor swerve is working great for us, so it may be a while before you see 973 using the drive train again.