FlexTraction Wheel Methods

[Dish]

What are some methods to have a Flex Traction wheel on drive? I know there’s hollowing the flex wheel out and putting gears in it, but what are some others?

[ezl]

You can simply put the necessary accessories in the flex wheels to run a normal 1/4" (or hs) shaft through like a wheel. After you do that, you can simply put a normal shaft insert into the 1/4" square bore and have it like a normal wheel. A word of caution though, the wheels might compress and lose grip as opposed to hollowing them out and having support from 60 tooth gears.

[Benn]

Here’s another method…

@Xenon27

step 1. sand down a 3.25" traction wheel so that the tire is perfectly round and the diameter is a good bit smaller than 3.25".

step 2. cut up a flex wheel by removing the spokes, and then thin the width of it down to 0.75", so that it is the same thickness as the 3.25" traction wheel.
step 3. wrap it around the traction wheel
step 4. cut out some polycarb discs that are larger in diameter than the 3.25" traction wheel, but smaller than the flex wheel tire. Screw these on either side of the wheel to retain the tire and keep it from slipping off.

this is a much cleaner and more even way to do it than the monstrosity I had previously been using.

not much else to say about the drive, it doesn’t have anything else unusual about it.

[Doubble]

this is cursed beyond my comprehension