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Re: Which Gearbox Should I Use?

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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
Edit: Upon further playing with the drive calculator, it appears that even for a traction-limited drive it is using the static wheel COF for the "max" numbers which is...well, I hesitate to say that it's wrong because that might be what they intend but if that's what they intend then it's rather misleading because that's not what you're going to see in a pushing match. The numbers appear dead-on if you set the static COF to a realistic dynamic COF.
From your experience, what would be a realistic dynamic COF for some high friction wheels in a pushing match on carpet?
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