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Best wheel that is at least 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter?

Posted: March 18th, 2019, 5:06 pm
by Zxcvbnm123
Question in the title

Re: Best wheel that is at least 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter?

Posted: March 18th, 2019, 5:29 pm
by dragonfruit35
Zxcvbnm123 wrote:Question in the title

You can order wheels that are 4" here, they also sell 5" ones. These are the ones I personally use on my vehicle, so I hope they help :D They're pretty grippy and while not super lightweight, you could drill holes in them if you wanted.

PS: you'll also need to order hubs that are properly sized for your axles as well.

Re: Best wheel that is at least 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter?

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 5:36 pm
by PM2017
dragonfruit35 wrote:
Zxcvbnm123 wrote:Question in the title

You can order wheels that are 4" here, they also sell 5" ones. These are the ones I personally use on my vehicle, so I hope they help :D They're pretty grippy and while not super lightweight, you could drill holes in them if you wanted.

PS: you'll also need to order hubs that are properly sized for your axles as well.
Before I replaced them with other wheels, I actually used the treads from the servocity wheels, and 3d printed the wheels themselves.

This solves both the weight and the hub issues.
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Re: Best wheel that is at least 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter?

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 7:13 pm
by Things2do
PM2017 wrote:
dragonfruit35 wrote:
Zxcvbnm123 wrote:Question in the title

You can order wheels that are 4" here, they also sell 5" ones. These are the ones I personally use on my vehicle, so I hope they help :D They're pretty grippy and while not super lightweight, you could drill holes in them if you wanted.

PS: you'll also need to order hubs that are properly sized for your axles as well.
Before I replaced them with other wheels, I actually used the treads from the servocity wheels, and 3d printed the wheels themselves.

This solves both the weight and the hub issues.
Image
I use their treads on C.D.s, with some bag tie from those spools Ace Hardware and places have for gardening or whatever in the treads to make the diameters match up. As for the hubs, my origional Wheeled Vehicle cars had inch-or-so dowels for axels, and I hot glued the wheels to them. Not that they were straight or anything... Especially after I stepped on the front wheels the night before Regions...

Re: Best wheel that is at least 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter?

Posted: March 20th, 2019, 1:57 pm
by MTV<=>Operator
Zxcvbnm123 wrote:Question in the title
I used these 90 mm wheels from Pololu: https://www.robotshop.com/en/pololu-whe ... -pair.html. Since the silicon tires they come with are half the weight of the wheel, I removed them and used 1/4" wide rubber bands as tires. These aren't the lightest wheels out there but they were the perfect size for me (3/16" axle and 22.5 cm drive arm) and they are by no means heavy.