How good are flex wheels?

[Calvin_Thrasher]

I think the main reason he did that was so he can have a wider intake range. And it wouldn’t matter because the front ones are cut and compress more. So yes you can. But I feel the way Charlie did it is maybe optimal

[JD6]

It really depends on the design of your robot and intakes. But if you can, use the worse ones. I’d rather you not have better intakes then me at the december chittenango comp

[Micah_7157X]

It is what it is. We will see who does the best

[cykaraptor]

Last week I was running Omnis in front and flex in back on my intakes, this week I got the rest of my order and I have flex on both its very very nice. The versahubs are awful tho, I’d stay away from them. My hubs are very nice but idk if I can leak them yet.

[1408F]

Are you running cut down flex wheels (to resemble flaps) on the front, or just non cut down ones for both?

[cykaraptor]

Cutting the flex wheels is probably overkill, It intakes perfectly just with stock.

[roguewolf83]

So what @cykaraptor what colors are your flex wheels and what size do you use? Also, what is the point of the hubs? (I’m new to this and have been struggling with intakes. Its the only part of the robot that still needs major work.)

[Calvin_Thrasher]

I would say they are really good. We were able to get them this week but weren’t able to use them to their full potential due to how are intakes were built. So know we are working on a new design which should be amazing. I would agree the hubs are garbage so we skipped buying them for budget and they are bad. We first were doing the stuff friction chain into the center and deiced that the new intakes can’t have chain sticking out so we are going to just drill holes into low strength gears and use that. Because then we can use the gears to also power them aswell.

[jrp62]

We have been trying out alternatives to the VersaHubs and we found some for the smaller wheels, but not the larger ones. What are you using for the 3" and 4" wheels? It is possible to jam a 36 tooth gear in the center, but then the wheel is deformed, and it seems like it might slip anyway.

For the 1 5/8 and 2" wheels we were able to jam a 12 tooth metal gear in there. If the wheel is passive, then a spacer fits nicely.

[Xenon27]

Better Ways to Mount Flex Wheels

Flex wheels are really good stuff, the compression and the friction make them perfect for intakes. Unfortunately, as some people have discussed, The hubs used on the 3" and 4" wheels really take a lot of compression out of them, especially in the 3" wheels. Which is a shame, because the 3" wheels are a really nice size imo. So I experimented in alternate solutions that don’t reduce the compression, and I’ve found a slightly odd one that seems to work. I wrapped a 6t sprocket with friction treads…

[Calvin_Thrasher]

Well I did the method shown above. Anyways we ended up not using them lol because of many different reason