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Originally Posted by apache8080
Why did you guys switch from the Colson wheels to the Fairlane wheels?
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We saw that the Colsons weren't efficiently transferring energy to the ball, mostly due to not having a high enough coefficient of friction. Our 2014 robot Barrage used two 775 motors on the flywheel just like Dropshot, and yet it was able to launch a ball that was several times more massive than the Stronghold boulders. Barrage used Fairlane wheels, so we tried them on Dropshot and they greatly increased our power output, so we stuck with them. If you compare videos from CVR to SVR/Champs, the power difference is very noticeable.
No one said that this would be easy. And if they did, they were obviously refering to a little red button from Staples and not to FIRST. - artdutra04 [more] 
01-06-2016, 20:26
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