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Re: 4" vs. 6" + 8" Diameter Wheels

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
Wouldn't this vary somewhat significantly based on the material of the wheel as well as any lightening?
Yes, of course. That's why I said "comparable" in my post. Compare a 6" wheel that you would make for your robot to a 4" wheel that you would make for the same robot.


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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
(I say roughly, because the different sizes aren't scaled versions of each other; some things, like hub size and rim thickness, tend to be driven to a large degree by other design constraints.)
Exactly. That's why I said "comparable" :-)




Last edited by Ether : 20-05-2011 at 09:31.