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Re: How fast was the fastest mecaum?

In a frictionless physics lab I would expect the free speed between the field (carpet?) & hall wall (tiles of other hard surface?) to be the same. In the world the wheels may not be perfectly aligned. The macanum rollers turns more freely on a hard surface rather than carpet. All this create side forces. The side forces net out to zero but consume energy thus a lower speed.
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