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Originally Posted by IKE
Some other factors to take into consideration:
Torque at the wheel. Larger torque on the rear wheels also adds to the moment of tipping. For the same traction force and acceleration, the larger the rear wheel will require larger torque and thus be more prone to tipping
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I've been meaning to come back to this.
If the ratio of the vehicle mass to the mass of the rear wheels is sufficiently greater than (1+2*r/h), then the radius drops out of the formula for tipping acceleration, and the result is the formula posted earlier in this thread.
See attachment.