We finished our first show bot (a T-Shirt cannon) and proudly showed it off at founders day today. After the parade, we were asked if we could shoot T-shirts during football games next year, and agreed to give us at least $500 for everything we needed to make sure it would work in the grass. $300 is going to T-shirts, while the rest is going to getting wheels and anything else we need to keep the bot going while on the field.
This brings up my question. We are using the 6" KOP wheels, but we rather not use those as we are afraid that they will wear too fast. One wheel we have looked at is the
8" pneumatic wheels from andymark, along with the plaction and the rubber treaded wheels. From looking in past threads many have said to go with the pneumatic wheels, but most threads were a couple years old and i wanted a more recent opinion.
Which wheels should we go for, and why?
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