VEXpro 2015 Product line launch

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

I would say that the original aluminum would be better for drivetrain and other high load applications. These new plastic ones would work well in things like intakes where there isn't a lot of torque trying to break the hub apart.

Personally, I'd be less worried about breaking the hub apart and more worried about gradual wear along the corners of the hubs leading to backlash.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Personally, I'd be less worried about breaking the hub apart and more worried about gradual wear along the corners of the hubs leading to backlash.

I agree, that is likely to be the first sign of a problem with these hubs. We used some .09 5052 versa hex hub stand ins on our practice bot and for part of an event on our competition bot and we rounded some of the corners and started getting a lot of backlash.

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I agree, that is likely to be the first sign of a problem with these hubs. We used some .09 5052 versa hex hub stand ins on our practice bot and for part of an event on our competition bot and we rounded some of the corners and started getting a lot of backlash.

If that is the case, I would assume that it could be a problem on the colsons with the molded hex hubs as well.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

If that is the case, I would assume that it could be a problem on the colsons with the molded hex hubs as well.

I'm confident that VEX did their testing. I was just saying that I would think that would be the initial failure mode over completely breaking the hub. I could also be very wrong.