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3 | 3.30% |
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13 | 14.29% |
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9 | 9.89% |
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32 | 35.16% |
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28 | 30.77% |
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2 | 2.20% |
| 12" |
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4 | 4.40% |
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Re: Wheel size poll
Four 6" custom aluminum wheels with Nitrile tread, 3/4" width. Check them out.
Last year custom wheels with conveyor belt tread ruled the field. This year cheaper, simpler IFI and AM wheels ruled the field with their extremely wide tread (1" and over). This year 604 got pushed around because so many people had these wheels. Darn IFI and AndyMark for making quality products!  |
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25-05-2006, 13:27
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Where do you guys get wheels that are easy to machine out like in the post above. I'm looking for some plain 4" wheels that i can machine out some of it and im not having any luck. Any rocomendations or anything to search for? Thanks.
Sorry A little off topic there, but this year my team used 6" AM omnis and 6"/1.5" Ifi's. |
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25-05-2006, 15:05
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6x 8" Skyway non-pneumatic wheels (KOP) ground flat with SBR Roughtop inclined conveyor belting from McMaster-Carr on them, attached with small wood screws. We ended up using ginormous 54-tooth AndyMark aluminum sprockets on them. Next year, I'd really like to downsize to 6", (Somewhere I have math that backs up what Jeff said about those being a sweet spot, at least in terms of gearing) although one of the mentors wants bigger wheels. (I really have no clue why)
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25-05-2006, 15:16
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We used 6" Skyway wheels from the Kit, turned down to 5.75", in a 6WD arrangement with custom-built omniwheels at the corners. This was all attached to the standard kitbot gearing of 17:1 and performed respectably. I wouldn't hesitate to use the setup again.
Last edited by Madison : 25-05-2006 at 15:36. |
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