01-09-2009 10:49 PM

MrForbes

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Truly a work of art! What coefficient of friction do you get with them, on textured gelcoated fiberglass, for example?

01-09-2009 10:49 PM

Thermal

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Any certain reason you guys decided to go with these wheels over your regular KOP wheels or AM Plactions?

Tis' an interesting choice, do tell the benefits!

01-09-2009 10:50 PM

David Brinza

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Did the pink color fade prematurely?

01-09-2009 10:56 PM

nuggetsyl

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Its a funny angle because they do not look as wide in the pic. But it could also be the lack of sleep i am getting.

01-09-2009 11:06 PM

smurfgirl

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Wow, what an innovative solution! I can guarantee that no other team will have wheels like that

At first when I saw the title of this, I was debating whether it meant two hundred and thirty three wheel, or the wheels belonging to FRC 233.

01-09-2009 11:10 PM

lenny8

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

this is true innovation dean would be proud.

01-09-2009 11:11 PM

hillale

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

does anyone else wish they gave you the option of different sized rover wheels?

01-09-2009 11:19 PM

Josh Goodman

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

NO WAY! We have the same ones! I feel truly proud to be sharing the same wheels with 233

01-10-2009 12:08 AM

andrew348

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

I was wondering who was going to do this first

01-10-2009 12:30 AM

A_Reed

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

hmmm...I wonder if acetal/delrin would accept a dye bath like some other plastics will. Without changing the characteristics of the wheel anyway outside of the rules of course

01-10-2009 01:27 AM

dlavery

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Given that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," I am sure that you will be quite flattered to know that many, many teams will be copying your wheel design.

-dave




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01-10-2009 01:52 AM

bduddy

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Huh-I always thought they had "corners" between the sidewalls and flat "tread", like the old ones. I'm guessing this change is to provide a smaller contact patch, therefore generating less friction?

01-10-2009 03:41 AM

danshaffer

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

do they come in other colors?

01-10-2009 06:24 AM

GaryVoshol

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

For the right price, I'm sure AndyMark would do a special run with non-friction dye in the material.

And posted by ducttapedude - 233 is right on the cutting edge of FRC technology this year.

01-10-2009 06:46 AM

Doug Leppard

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

If these wheels are good enough for Pink they are good enough for Exploding Bacon. It is a gamble but Pink is never wrong, we are going with those wheels also.

Thanks for the heads up.

01-10-2009 11:04 AM

Dan Richardson

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Here is my obligatory sarcastic yet mildly funny comment.

01-10-2009 11:11 AM

A_Reed

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Or you could take a piece of Acetal/Delrin and attempt to dye it in a dye bath to see if it takes, if it does you could make you wheels as pink (or any other color) as you want. I am not sure of how legal it would be within the rules, but it would be an interesting showpiece regardless. Maybe slap them on an off season demo bot.

01-10-2009 11:17 AM

Jibs

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Tch, my wheels are better than that.

01-10-2009 02:54 PM

jsasaki

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

isn't that just the regular 2009 KOP wheel that you can use or do you get options

01-10-2009 03:15 PM

David Brinza

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Welcome to CD, where sarcasm and mis-information abounds...

(It is a KOP wheel).

01-10-2009 03:37 PM

Tetraman

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Wait till you see my team's speed controlers!

01-10-2009 03:42 PM

BandChick

Re: pic: 233 Wheels

Man, Dan, you took the words right out of my mouth.... ~_^