Featherweight Wheel Options.

[tweedermeister]

What are the general types of wheel people use for feathers now? I've still got a pair of 75mm Robochallenge wheels on my feather as it is but I'm looking into building another with a chain reduction and have no clue on where to go for different sized wheels.

Cheers.

[maddox10]

Hannibalito 3.2 and Nebelwerfer use 120mm large scale RC wheels "Desert Crust".
Valkiri3 and Perun use 140mm large scale RC wheels "pin full disk white".

Both use 17mm hex hubs.

[Rapidrory]

Wood.

[overkill]

Banebots wheels are very convenient to mount but don't last well. Colson wheels have excellent grip and last for ages but you need to make your own hubs.

[MikeNCR]

Banebots wheels are very convenient to mount but don't last well. Colson wheels have excellent grip and last for ages but you need to make your own hubs.

Not if you want to use 1.5-2" wide ones between 3" and 8" diameter with a 1/2" keyed shaft-
http://nearchaos.net/chaos-hubs/

Vex also has a line of hex bored colsons-
http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/mo...nperforma.html

[GlenR]

Apparently banebots aren't doing wheels anymore either. I stocked up on the 4" blue ones before they sold out. Colsons are probably the next best option if you can deal with the huge shipping cost from RMP these days. Or just make your own

[overkill]

Banebots is listing some Colson wheels with a range of (pricey) hubs - or just get those nice looking Colsons with hubs from Mike.

[Ellis]

I'm looking into providing suitable wheels closer to home.

[Eventorizon]

Apparently banebots aren't doing wheels anymore either.

Damn... that sucks given how many machines use them. Looks like I will have to start making my own wheels.

[Flag Captured]

Colsons seem alright, I'm using a pair on my new featherweight and so are a few other people - expensive but they seem super hard-wearing.

Failing that, get some HDPE/Nylon wheels and screw bike tread onto them, there's a few machines that have used that successfully.

[Gaseraki]

I make my own using nylon and bike tyre.
I also quite like the wheels from bearing boys