Big wheels on a heavyweight

[craig_colliass]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

What are the largest wheels fitted to a HW robot? Now that€™s an interesting question, the wheels on mine are 525mm diameter. Is this a record?

[joey_picus]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

How big were Stingers wheels?

[robotwars]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

I can measure them, as i have stinger, but they are not as big as craigs.

The biggest i can think of, is the drum spinner one, barberous is it?

John

[maddox]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

Thunderrings wheels were biggest. Seen that machine only once, at the Chatham event in 2004.

[woody]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

Following its first real outing at the Robot Crusade, Thundering€™s 1m diameter steel wheels proved a little vulnerable and might as well have been made out of chocolate.

[craig_colliass]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

I always liked Stinger but I didn€™t want to copy their design as I have been told it was quite complex, plus I wanted a counterbalance design, how far did stinger go in the RW scene? Barbarous this was an interesting design too I remember the link position was strange plus it never did well against spinners! I haven€™t seen Thundering dose anyone have a pictures?

[woody]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

Picture of Thundering.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050207111902/http://www.thundering.org.uk/assets/images/ThundeRing13.JPGhttp://web.archive.org/web/200502071...g.uk/assets/im ages/ThundeRing13.JPG

[craig_colliass]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

Thanks Woody Thundering wins hands down!

[john]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

craig, i think stinger was one of the top robots on series

always did good i think

[maddox]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

If Thunderring would have used Hubs like TAN uses, they would have siurvuved longer.

[tom_kane]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

I think the chocolate that someone mensioned might have lasted longer! LOL

[maddox]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

You believe that Tom. Please do. Dutch series 2, live events in between, Rijswijk 2003 followed by series 7 did prove that the original wheels can take 2 years of abuse before needing repair.

That wheel where Kan Opener took a nibble from still is in use- the same wheel that lost the rim in the Series7 world champ fight against Storm II. And even then, it was still a wheel.

[tom_kane]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

no, i mean the original thundering wheels, I know all about TANs wheels and how great they are

[swanaldo]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

craig lloking forward to flipping it oota. mind you it will be a tough one cos you will simply drive over envy.

[maddox]

Big wheels on a heavyweight

Sorry Tom, then the chronology of the postings
is a bit off.