AndyMark Mecanum Wheel tests

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Originally Posted by pfreivald

While generally happy with the 6" AM mecanum wheels this year, we did have some problems with robustness and had to replace two wheels at Championship.

As such, I am particularly interested in any tests that demonstrate how much abuse they can (and cannot) take -- the drop test is a great idea. How about stress from FIRST-speed ramming (both head-on and from the side?)

Small deformations caused the rollers to rub and effected performance (not a ton, but some) on the 6" wheels. I'm not sure if this was/is an issue with the 8" wheels.

We has huge issues with deformation and rubbing of the 8" wheels. We were disappointed that theses weren't a bit tougher, good to hear the new design is, but I guess it is to be expected with the large amount of shock loads this year.

Matthew Forman
Team 1515