pic: Wheel Idea 1

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

Yes, it was indeed made in SolidWorks. (Which I am finally getting the hang of.) I forgot to change the resolution.. Ill post a link to a bigger one.

Honestly I don't know the difference between "live" and "dead" axles. Could you possibly explain that RC?

On spoke thickness.. Not very thick. I'll probably end up changing the whole spoke design. Right now its still in the design stage.

Weight.. I can't find were SolidWorks says that yet. I'm going to keep looking. But as I said. it's not final yet.

Sounds Great.

The difference between dead and live

Dead is where there is a bearing in the wheel and it freely spins on a shaft.

Example 1 - Wheels freely spin on the axle and power other wheels through sprockets which are connected to the wheels.

Live is where the wheel has some sort of spline (such as key) or hex so that the wheel turns the shaft.

Example 2 - The Gearbox powers the shaft through sprockets, which turn the shaft, which turns the wheel aka "Live" Axles.

Weight is found by going Evaluate -> Mass Properties. But you have to set your material on the feature tree. If you confused on material, just plug in aluminum t6 6061.

-RC