Who makes their own wheels?

[Fusion_Clint]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I think what people are objecting to is the idea floated in this thread that buying a wheel is inherently a decision that is against the interest of teaching students. There are educational things about buying subsystems, and most of the skills and principles taught in designing and machining a drive wheel could be taught with designing and machining a manipulator part, for example. To each their own and all that.

We were having a normal discussion about a simple offseason project, when the trolls show up with "WW2056D" and then we get told that for 99.99% of teams it is a waste of time.

Constructive criticism is one thing, but dang.

I have been on investigations into a number of mishaps, many times we found the reason for a multi-million dollar loss of aircraft and/or life came back to a faulty "trivial" part of the system or the improper installation of a "trivial" part.

Many times the "trivial" part failed because someone substituted an inferior part for the one that was called for. Which is why everyone working on a system has to understand at the very least the specifications for the correct part.

Yes it can be taught many ways, this is one way I selected.