pic: 229 "Bling" for 2005

[Zanella BR]

Use BOTH at the same time.

Very stylish...

[Jay Trzaskos]

why design for maitnence john? we arent going to break anyway right?

and i must again tell they're both awesome designs.
Thanks for the "bling-bling"

[JVN]

Originally Posted by littletrzaskos

Why design for maintenance john? we arent going to break anyway right?

Ahh young grasshopper... good question.

For our viewers at home:
The tread material we're using wears down during continual usage.
We will need to swap out and replace old treads probably once a regional.

Or... because of our design, we may just "rotate the tires".
Can any of you budding young designers figure out why?
-JV

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JVN

Ahh young grasshopper... good question.

For our viewers at home:
The tread material we're using wears down during continual usage.
We will need to swap out and replace old treads probably once a regional.

Or... because of our design, we may just "rotate the tires".
Can any of you budding young designers figure out why?
-JV

Because you'll have a 6WD bot with the 4 corners having a bit less wear than the center wheels, since they're lowered?

[Matt Goulart]

I would take the one on the right.

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by JVN

Or... because of our design, we may just "rotate the tires".
Can any of you budding young designers figure out why?
-JV

Originally Posted by Cory

Because you'll have a 6WD bot with the 4 corners having a bit less wear than the center wheels, since they're lowered?

I also don't think that you will have perfect weight distribution and the tread that has more weight on it will wear down faster than treads with less weight on them.

[Geoff P.]

the one on the right looks much more professional. the one on the left just looks drilled for lightening. i would say the one on the right, although i'm not a big fan of gold.

[Salik Syed]

So these are the wheels alekat wus talking bout... lol.... NICE! i like the one on the left more industrial looking... this year we had our first custom wheels
we were going to mill ours out of a rod but due to cost issues.... we made 2 piece rims... we milled the outer rims frome pipe and had the center spokes waterjetted pretty sweet although we can't beat the level of blingosity established by yours

[Travis Covington]

I would almost say that the outer 4 wheels will require more frequent tread replacement as the center two are less likely to slip. I assume the tread wears more rapidly with slipping side forces.

I actually like the one on the left, they remind me of 258's wheels.

[MConte05]

Originally Posted by JVN

Changing tread now is as easy as 4 drilled holes, and 4 new rivets. (The pit crew keeps whining about "design for maintenance" and such.)

From a list of "Murphy's Laws of Robotics" I put together from random quotes gathered from the net, this one seems most suiting:

"The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman."

[Ellery]

Hey John!

Where are the SpreeWheels? You gotta get the spinners if you really wanna flash some Bling Bling out there!

Nice job by the way... I may have to leave a couple of cinder blocks under your bot in exchange for those after the competitions.

Ellery