Re: twin wide drive wheels
There are a few robots with twin wheels, I think 540 had twin wheels. Most use banebots orange wheels when using twin wheels
Re: twin wide drive wheels
Sort of thing has been done, yes. As said above, the Banebots wheels are commonly used like this.
Remember though that more surface area on the ground doesn't necessarily mean better grip. It's a balance between surface area and weight over each wheel. Compound and arena surface also need to be considered.
Satanix (Dave's robot, fast black thing, speed 900 drive) seems to put the power down nicely with two relatively skinny wheels, for example.
Re: twin wide drive wheels
540 has custom ali wheels that were vulcanised. Not double wheels
Re: twin wide drive wheels
As gary said, 6wd, ali wheels with shore 50 vulk'd onto them...
Honey badger my new robot has dual wheels viewtopic.php?f=240&t=2810&start=645
Re: twin wide drive wheels
looks nice and shiny, not for long im sure :mrgreen:
Re: twin wide drive wheels
Given Dave's track record it'll probably dstroy itself before it touches another robot!