|
|
|
![]() |
|
|||||||
|
||||||||
![]() |
| Thread Tools |
Rating:
|
Display Modes |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
|
Custom Wheels
Alrighty CD Community, does your team have/use custom wheels? If so; What is your process in designing/making them?
|
|
#2
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Here is a peek at what Team 316 will most likely be using next year.
![]() They are cast urethane plastic. Last edited by Mike Marandola : 02-05-2014 at 01:31. |
|
#3
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Do you have any issues with the material being worn out?
|
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
The tread or the plastic?
The tread, yes. Plastic, no. |
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
How did you come up with the design for the wheel and do you have the numbers that would show how durable it is?
|
|
#6
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Quote:
Not currently. I am trying to learn to use the stress analysis tool in Inventor. I made a set of urethane wheels that are considerably weaker due to air bubbles and they held up fine in a few off season events. |
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
|
|
#8
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
I have been seeing a lot of different types of traction this season too.. Which surprises me, then again it is my first year. But I would like to know what other tractions that are available / teams used!
|
|
#9
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Justin and I have been toying with carbon wheels (145g) including tread material on a 4 inch wheel.
its cool but soooo hard to do |
|
#11
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Quote:
|
|
#12
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
We built these wheels after we got tired of re-treading our Vexpro wheels.
The idea is that they split in half off the axel, so the axel doesn't need to be pulled out (We use a 2x1 Aluminum extrusion on both sides of the wheel axel) Then we can easily drill out the pop-rivets and replace the tread. As of now, we have had no issues with the tread bubbling at all. The hex was broached after this picture was taken, we built 4 of them in house (3 Axis CNC), then a sponsor built the other 4 (5 Axis CNC). And all the Conversational code to build these wheels was hand written, which is pretty cool! ![]() |
|
#13
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Quote:
|
|
#14
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Quote:
Wicked cool design BTW. EDIT: didn't read whole post. Dead axle then. Last edited by asid61 : 02-05-2014 at 19:33. |
|
#15
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Custom Wheels
Has anyone tried using another material besides wedgetop or roughtop?
|
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|