pic: 1503's Off-Season Project

[=Martin=Taylor=]

30 Shore A wheels!

And to think we had too much traction with 70-75 Shore wheels, and they wore through .5" of rubber over the season

It does look very cool though. The apparent lack of tensioners is especially clever

What are you planning to use those extra drive sprockets fore? Drive-train powered mechanism?

[Macdaddy549]

All I can say is WOW. Great job!!

[Aren_Hill]

Does that thing have a 4 speed? And i love the layout you have no idea, very slick and very compact

[NickE]

I'm lovin the green and red wiring.

That is a very impressive drivetrain. Nice work!

[RyanCahoon]

A couple of questions of my own:

Since you're running traction on all 6 (12) wheels, how much have you dropped the center wheels?

I've heard some reports of the banebots wheels blowing out, have you done any durability testing on them yet (getting pushed sideways and such)?

--Ryan

[AdamHeard]

What's the weight on that?

How easily can wheels be swapped out? These wheels were field tested by a lot of combat robots at robogames, and they found them to wear down quite fast (and that was on steel).

and purely out of curiosity, is the electrical board garolite?

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

A couple of questions of my own:

Since you're running traction on all 6 (12) wheels, how much have you dropped the center wheels?

I've heard some reports of the banebots wheels blowing out, have you done any durability testing on them yet (getting pushed sideways and such)?

--Ryan

At Robogames the wheels themselves proved to be rather durable, the tread layer is just a lot thinner than they appear and since they are a very soft rubber, wear down rather fast.

[GarrettF2395]

I agree, the layout is amazing!
The mix of 80/20 and custom frame is really well done too.
I wonder how well the wheels hold up while making a sharp turn though...

[Jonathan Norris]

That's hot Pat... You deserve another cookie for this.

Interesting that you used 80/20 and #35 chain, looks like a 4 speed shifter. Good work again by Spartronics, see you guys at GTR.