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Re: pic: 4 Inch Wheel Design
Psh, 604 needs to bring these babies back.
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There's really no point to making a two piece wheel without having the undercut groove to capture the tread. It won't be any different than a one piece wheel without it.
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Yeah i know ive added it since i just forgot to do it when i took that picture. Thanks Cory
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Someone explain to me why, in this day and age, anyone would bother making custom wheels.
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Ya, we made them this year for weight reasons. Also, Andy Mark 4" performance wheels do not come with the bolt pattern, making direct drive wheels much harder to set up.
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How many wheels did you make for yourselves and other teams? Im just curious.
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Cory is definitely right, we spent about $1500 plus shipping for a set of wheels for our bot, practice and rookie team. They also weighed in at 1lb per wheel for a 6 inch wheel. Even with modd'd IFI wheels they were way tooo heavy. For next season we will be making custom wheels unless "standard" wheels (2009) make a return. -RC |
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We made a total of 72 wheels.
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I totally understand and agree with what you're saying, but I'm curious as to how much design time the wheels took. Is that included in that 20 hours? Design time was a huge limiting factor for my team this year, and it was probably the number one reason we used off-the-shelf wheels. |
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-Brando P.S.- Obviously this could vary depending on the wheels you actually design. I'm just speaking from experience in terms of the wheels I've designed in the past. |
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The Poofs/RAWC also have years of experience perfecting and optimizing their wheel designs year after year. Their standardized drivetrain which is then adapted to the game on a yearly basis is something that always gives them an edge in both manufacturing time and during the robot design process (much the same as Team 25). If you check out their older wheels you can see a pretty cool "evolution in design" process. . |
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The kit wheels are highly under-rated. I see custom wheels as more of a fashion statement then a practicality. They certainly are impressive and cool Props for making awesome things. |
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