pic: 696 - Insane wheel

[sanddrag]

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[Goldeye]

Topdown view of all your wheels? Awesome photo!

[Nica F.]

Very nice photo.

was that taken just last night?

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by RAWRimaPANDA

was that taken just last night?

Yes, why?

[bigboi146]

What size are they?

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by bigboi146

What size are they?

Five inch diameter.

[Rich Ross]

Two questions:

1. What is the ground clearance going to be?
and
2. Why did you guys choose to make your own wheels as opposed to buying skyways or using some IFI wheels or something. Just curious.

Thanks in advance and the wheels look great

[sanddrag]

1. The wheels ride roughly centerline with the frame rail, which is 1x2 box tubing (sitting vertically). So, that would put our ground clearance under the frame rail at 1.5". But, we have some other stuff that is a little lower. Final ground clearance will be about 1".

2. We wanted a 5" wheel, for the optimal speed and torque for our robot and strategy. We wanted it lightweight. We wanted a 1/2" bore with a 1/8" keyway. We wanted to use incline conveyor belting tread. We didn't want it to be like every other wheel out there. Find me something that meets that criteria, and we'll buy it. We couldn't, so we made it. Wasn't too difficult for an experienced machinist. Wasn't at all costly either. ~<$15 per wheel in material. These are about 0.3 lb each, not including tread or hold down ring. Pretty light.