Best wheels to not damage a gym floor

[JesseK]

Epoxy carpet around the outside of any wheel. Save these wheels as your "gym" wheels and swap them in during pep rallies, etc. This works best with WCD variants and adaptable hubs.

Not only will the team not get in trouble for scuffing the gym floor, there's a chance the school will encourage the team to drive around in the gym.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Epoxy carpet around the outside of any wheel. Save these wheels as your "gym" wheels and swap them in during pep rallies, etc. This works best with WCD variants and adaptable hubs.

Not only will the team not get in trouble for scuffing the gym floor, there's a chance the school will encourage the team to drive around in the gym.

Have you done this?

I could see if the wheels really rapidly slipped the surface speed and resultant friction could melt the wax a bit.

[CrazyHorse]

Lunacy wheels

[Lil' Lavery]

Depending on how long/aggressive you wil be driving, a few passes of gaffers tape could do the trick.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Have you done this?

I could see if the wheels really rapidly slipped the surface speed and resultant friction could melt the wax a bit.

150lbs on four 1" contact patches of tight-pile carpet could easily get around a gym, so long as the direction of the wheels mostly follows the momentum of the robot. I didn't do it with an FRC bot, but I did do it to a smaller VEX robot to chase my dog around the hardwood floors of my new house.