My prototype wheel has 20mm of 70a thane at the thinnest part and the thickest section in the middle has 34mm, the diameter of the wheel 160mm. I think that it will feel like driving normal thane wheels just with 160mm of diameter, which will roll over anything like a tank^^
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Downsides of all this:
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Increased power consumption
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Increased rolling resistance
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decreased torque due to weight increase
or arguably the same due to decreased wheel size -
Ridicule for compensation
Party pooper
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Who cares, more grip
Who cares, more grip
Meh
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Yeah, but we can keep it shorter, the default superstars fit in the TB trucks with different bearings
@esk8manbabes yeah, the goal I have for them is go over loose sand, some of the flatter ones will consume a lot, but the more rounded ones should be ok with high pressure
Obviously this is not a high performance board, if you plan to accelerate and brake all the time, forget, your battery will drain quickly, but slow and continuous crushing for long periods of time should be fine
This pics are so sick 
So you can mount the 11" on the 9" megastar hub?
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Found this one locally, way cheaper than the ones from Ali, not as cool, but will test them first since the damage is lower if all goes wrong
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You have to tip if you want the models to take requests 
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Also who cares, longer tread life.
Weāre gonna need bigger gears, boysā¦
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Check out some of these interesting sizes. I got the 9" roadies to try out.
The 2nd from the bottom are 12"
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Damnā¦ some good looking road tires in there.
I like the 10x2.5
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Hereās what Iāve learned in their sizing schemesā¦
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When they use X in the dimensions, itās diameter by width.
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When they use hyphen, itās tire thickness and hub size.
So the 3.00-4 is 3" tire + 4" hub + 3" tire to get the total diameter, 10" wheel
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Thought about casting instead of cnc?
The 10x2 and 10x2.5 are 5" hub tires, FYI.
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Ah damn. Nvm
Just finished CAD for a V2 MegaDeep addressing some issues from the first version.
Main changes are :
- Filled in the old valve areas.
- New alignment features to add strength and make sure hubs are seated true.
- Removed spokes as they are no longer needed for alignment.
- Slight dish on outer face to help inner tube centre correctly.
Hopefully these changes should make the MegaDeep more robust and reliable. Below is an assembled view from the front and back showing clearly the offset.
My plan is to get one of these on print tonight to validate the fit then build a full set ready for some real world testing and abuse.
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awesome work ! Canāt wait your feedback after testing 
Good luck !
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Yes, it looks like. But I havenāt test it yet.
10" center rims holes is D99mm > 11" is 101/102mm
10" center width is 45mm > 11" is 50mm
So it should be ok, just have to compresse a bit more the tire about 5mm ā¦ donāt think it should be an issue, but anyway Iām going 10" on the rear and maybe still 9" on the front ā¦
Also didnāt know 9" MEGAstar are also compatible with 8" ! They make it like MBS 5star.
So 9" MEGAstar should fit : 6", 6.5", 7", 8", 9", 10" and 11" so !! (plus the offset option)
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Nicely done, the MegaStars doesnāt have the interlocking slots of the SuperStars?
I am thinking of making the little valve area fill a stand alone piece that can be glued after, this way you donāt waste a ton of material in support
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I thought this but it only takes the print from 38g to 44g so it hardly seems worth it for the effort. Bumps the time to a bit but I donāt mind that.
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