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I can't find suitable RC wheels. #482
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I failed to find the right RC wheel. It's hard to find the right RC wheel because most RC cars are built 1/10. |
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You can adapt the wheel hub to the RC wheels you can find in local/online retail (typical keywords to find online: "RC car rubber tyre hub 1/8"). The default wheel hub to 3D print is in
You could buy any 1/10 or 1/8 RC wheel, take out its rubber rim and adapt the FreeCAD source Alternative: hex variantAlternatively, there is a variant of the hub with a tiny shaft that can be used with standard 17 mm wheel hex driver/parts for RC cars. It is in
That part can be easier to adapt, but it is more brittle. Hoping this helps! |
You can adapt the wheel hub to the RC wheels you can find in local/online retail (typical keywords to find online: "RC car rubber tyre hub 1/8"). The default wheel hub to 3D print is in
upkie_parts/legs/wheel_hub. It looks like this:You could buy any 1/10 or 1/8 RC wheel, take out its rubber rim and adapt the FreeCAD source
wheel_hub.FCStdto have the same radius as the hub of your wheel.Alternative: hex variant
Alternatively, there is a variant of the hub with a tiny shaft that can be used with standard 17 mm wheel hex driver/parts for RC cars. It is in
upkie_parts/legs/wheel_hub/hex_variant:That part can be easier to adapt, but it is more brittle.
Hoping this helps!