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Originally Posted by CalTran
So you're going to run a linear belt, essentially a conveyor on it's side, at thousands of rpm and expect that to work the same as a wheel going thousands of rpm?
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Theoretically there is no difference. For a given contact length, CoF, compression, and surface speed, and a given energy supply (including any storage of rotational energy via flywheel effect) the shape of the pathway is irrelevant.
Theoretically.