Mods for robotic VX

[Nazrat]

Personally, I'd find a hard-ish compound all-terrain (AT) tire, or get some kind of run-flat insert to put in an AT tire. (maybe have new centers welded into H1 runflat rims) There's obviously no way to change a flat out there. If I was running normal AT tires at 20-30mph I'm not sure that I'd want less than 20psi, probably around 25-30psi. You risk popping them the higher the PSI, but you risk rolling it off of the bead at lower pressures.

I have a few pics of Bob Land's VX, and the tires that he used. They were not off-the-shelf tires. Bob told us that he had them custom cut, and were a very hard rubber compound. The ones on the VX in the pics below have a race on them, and I had a hard time telling them from the brand new ones in his shop.

http://tad.grosvenor.org/gallery/MoabMay2001/a22_19A

You can see the size here: (7.50 R 16 it looks like to me)
http://tad.grosvenor.org/gallery/MoabMay2001/a24_21A

Here's the tread that he ran on his Amigo:
http://tad.grosvenor.org/gallery/MoabMay2001/a21_18A

Keep us up to date. This company has an entry as well:
http://www.mitre.org/news/digest/adv...hallenge1.html

A group from Florida entered a 1993 Trooper last year.
http://cimar.mae.ufl.edu/teamcimar/g...2004/index.htm

-Tad

[Moncha]

I saw this and the other post inthe intro forum.. First, WELCOME!! The project sounds very cool. I even watched the last one when it was presented to TechTV.
If you would like, I can made a specific forum to keep all of your updates and questions in one place so it doesn't get spread out. Let me know.

[Art]

If you would like, I can made a specific forum to keep all of your updates and questions in one place so it doesn't get spread out. Let me know.

That sounds like a good idea. Thank you!

[Moncha]

There ya go!

[StormTROOPER]

No advice except....GOOD LUCK!....because as far as I know, no robot has completed the trip (have they??) if not that would be really cool for the VX robot to make history. not to mention the fame would increase it's popularity and there by increase it's value. Good luck indeed. Please don't forget to post pics of that ...Desert-Storm Trooper.

[MZ-N10]

gl.....keep us posted on how it turns out
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