pic: 1493 Drive Train 1

[Wayne Doenges]

The design is a wheel that sells for 80 bucks on some guy's website. This guy thinks it's a good idea to post his cad of the wheels he designs as it will help him sell more. Fortunately, due to water jet machines, and the lack of adequate patents, we were able to make the wheels for just $15 a piece. Frugality mixed with some creativity usually heeds desirable results

Andy Baker, Mark Koors and Team 45 have done more for other teams in the way of products and white papers than any other team I know. If the drawings were posted than I think Andy and Mark wanted people to make their own wheels. Just like the white paper on the dual motor mount from a few years back.
I know Team 45 donated the use of one of their robots to a team that need one so they could compete.
This "guy" has been involved with FIRST from that beginning and I don't think you or gofortyeight have any right to belittle what he does
Another thing you may not have considered is that anyone who bought AndyMark's wheels can use them in the coming years. They are COTS. Yours are not, so you will have to make them every year
I hope you don't find out the hard way what your comments have done. I hope that if you break something, or need a part, that another team will remember GP and help you out. That's what we do.
*puts away soapbox*

Wayne Doenges
CAD Mentor