VersaWheel vs Traction wheels

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

Take a 1.5" or 2" traction wheel
Remove the traction belt (roughtop, wedge, whatever) or just don't attach tread to a new one
Instead, stick that super sticky (tape side) Velcro tape onto the wheel in place of the tread, Hook side of course

Have unbeatable traction as your robot is constantly Velcroed to the carpet. (hopefully you have enough torque to unstick yourself!)

While this would be rather intresting to see, something is going to have to give when you want to turn, and im betting it would be the sticky tape, but if you want to talk about velcro there is this legend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eKvva_ZCHw

Also, on topic, just some anecdotal evidence, I have seen bots using VersaWheel that were great at head to head pushing get pushed around the field when hit from the side. They may have had worn down wheels as stated in other posts, but it is still something to consider.
My vote, from what I saw with my teams bot last year is go Colson, we were pushing people left and right. Requisite GIF http://imgur.com/4eHq8lP