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Re: To elaborate...

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Originally Posted by maxlobovsky
there are several threads and one whitepaper about this problem. We wrapped zip ties around the wheels radially and scored them for extra forward traction. This worked fine until Annapolis when a judge (apparently not the real one but a volunteer of some sort) told us we had to take them off (we found something else to wrap them with, though not as good). Subsequently, we witnessed several teams play with zip ties on their wheels so i guess its back to legal.
We have the problem of too much traction. At the Chesapeake regional we spent 20 minutes putting zip ties on the wheels to reduce the sideways traction. Then we took it to inspection, where one of the inspectors said zip ties tear up the carpet and made us spend another 20 minutes taking them all off. Frustrating.