Thread: Calculating Wheel Size To Climb
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Re: Calculating Wheel Size To Climb
As Joel said, wheel size is not the ultimate determining factor for climbing stairs. One good example of this is the Personal Rover Project's Rover1, which can climb a 7 inch step with 2 inch wheels.
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