Drive Wheels

[Justin Shelley]

We lowered our middle wheels like you're supposed to in a 6wd WCD drivetrain but for some reason it didn't help out much

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

We lowered our middle wheels like you're supposed to in a 6wd WCD drivetrain but for some reason it didn't help out much

How much was the drop? I saw you were going with pneumatic wheels this year, and, if the drop was not big enough, it could cause turning problems.

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

How much was the drop? I saw you were going with pneumatic wheels this year, and, if the drop was not big enough, it could cause turning problems.

We realize our drop wasn't big enough for the pneumatic wheels this will be fixed for off season

[ehfeinberg]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

We realize our drop wasn't big enough for the pneumatic wheels this will be fixed for off season

Just so other teams don't run into the same conclusion, what exactly was your drop? 1/8th? 3/16th?

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by ehfeinberg

Just so other teams don't run into the same conclusion, what exactly was your drop? 1/8th? 3/16th?

I'll measure tomorrow to be for sure but I believe it was about 3/16th of an inch

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

We realize our drop wasn't big enough for the pneumatic wheels this will be fixed for off season

What off-season events are you going to? I would love to see you guys at some!

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by LedLover96

What off-season events are you going to? I would love to see you guys at some!

We are in the makings of hosting our very own off season event in August this year and would love to see you there!

very likely will be at cowtown also

[Walter Deitzler]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

We are in the makings of hosting our very own off season event in August this year and would love to see you there!

very likely will be at cowtown also

Awesome! We should be attending CTTD, and, if you get me info, Farmington is close enough to St. Louis that we could make our way down there fairly easily. PM me the details when you have them figured out, we would love to attend!

[Anupam Goli]

After using both AM plaction and vexpro traction wheels now, I'm confident in saying that I love the vexpro traction wheels. I don't know what performance boost we would get from using the versa wheels over the Traction wheels with extra grip SBR black roughtop from McMaster, so I think we'll be sticking with these champs.

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by Wing

After using both AM plaction and vexpro traction wheels now, I'm confident in saying that I love the vexpro traction wheels. I don't know what performance boost we would get from using the versa wheels over the Traction wheels with extra grip SBR black roughtop from McMaster, so I think we'll be sticking with these champs.

I have heard a lot of good news about the vexpro products, and have been considering using both the vexpro ball shifter and the vexpro traction wheels

[Mark Sheridan]

We had a lot of success with colsons this year. We were able to hold our own against teams running rough and wedge top. We did not even add grooves to our wheels. We are going to have to try a higher torque pushing gear with grooved colsons next year.

[Justin Shelley]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

We had a lot of success with colsons this year. We were able to hold our own against teams running rough and wedge top. We did not even add grooves to our wheels. We are going to have to try a higher torque pushing gear with grooved colsons next year.

What size wheel did you use?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

We had a lot of success with colsons this year. We were able to hold our own against teams running rough and wedge top. We did not even add grooves to our wheels. We are going to have to try a higher torque pushing gear with grooved colsons next year.

Over your 2 regionals this year, how much rubber wear did you experience? Do you have pictures of a new wheel vs your worn wheels now? Is there any different in diameter between the worn & new wheel ?

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

What size wheel did you use?

We used the 3.5" wheel.

Originally Posted by JesseK

Over your 2 regionals this year, how much rubber wear did you experience? Do you have pictures of a new wheel vs your worn wheels now? Is there any different in diameter between the worn & new wheel ?

I will try to get some picture later but there was hardly any wear. I remember blue specs of carpet embedded into the wheel . We had spares but we never found a need to swap them. This years drive train was a collaboration with 766. They drove their robot a lot harder (our robot spent half the match climbing), I will ask them to measure their wheels.

[ehfeinberg]

Originally Posted by Justin Shelley

We lowered our middle wheels like you're supposed to in a 6wd WCD drivetrain but for some reason it didn't help out much

How much? Were all of your pneumatic tires also always fully inflated?

With Pneumatic wheels you might have to lower the center wheel more because the weight of the robot will cause your center wheel to squish (and lower the rest of the robot), thus eliminating some of the drop you added.

If you also were to deflate your outside wheels slightly, you should also notice a increase in mobility.

Edit: looks like the people above me came to the same conclusion