Does anybody know what happened to the VEXPro Traction Wheel tires? A thin profile wheel with a tire that doesn't wear as fast as tread would be incredibly nice to have. That would be one of the top things on my wish list.
We don't wear tread down on the field quickly enough to warrant concern, but when we're doing demonstrations for our sponsors and at community events on asphalt, our tread gets eaten up fast. Last year, we switched to regular gray Skyway wheels during the offseason in order to avoid having to replace our rapidly wearing tread. I would prefer not to have to do that in the future, and would appreciate the tires.
Sure, there are other options, but they all have certain disadvantages. Colsons are fairly heavy while the Versa wheels and treaded Skyway wheels aren't as thin as they could be due to the additional width for directly mounting a plate sprocket. The thinner profile Traction Wheels with tires that don't wear as quickly would be very very attractive as wheel options.
And we would love to get better bearings, we were fortunate that we got enough good ones to put on our competition robot. The bad ones all went on the practice robot, and it was very amusing to see all the wobble introduced into our practice drivetrain from the eccentric bearings compared to the precision of the comp drivetrain
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20-06-2013, 20:34
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