What do you use for wheels?

[Ken Patton]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Hmmm anyone ever think of casting their own wheels using poly urethane??

Some of the coolest wheels that I saw last year were on (I think) Team 74's robot. They had machined center hubs with some form of urethane or other soft material cast onto the hub. They either had the mold or pictures of the mold at Motorola Midwest. They appeared to work pretty well too.

We used double-sided cogged belt glued to aluminum sprocket-type wheels. While this ensured great hookup with the wire mesh, it was also very poor durability. Our pit crew got very good at swapping in new sets of wheels. I'm hoping that our team will try something like the cast wheels this year.

Ken