Loader Wheels

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

What was your "grippy material?" What diameter was your PVC roller? What diameter and width wheels did you use? What wheel spacing did you use? Was the compression on the ball in both cases identical?

Compression was fairly similar. The roller was 2.5'' diameter, covered in blue TheraWrap. The banebots wheels were similar size, maybe somewhat bigger (don't remember offhand). Unfortunately, as this was with different teams, we were running them off of different motors, but the roller consistently seemed to outperform the wheels both in hand drill-driven prototypes and on the final mechanisms. The roller was driven with a RS550 on a 26:1 reduction. The wheel pickup used a BAG motor on a reduction that I don't remember offhand.

No, it's not the most controlled of comparisons, I am aware.