Thread: Four Wheel, all steering, non-omniwheel, ONE power/motor source drive
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Unread 26-04-2004, 21:19
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Re: Four Wheel, all steering, non-omniwheel, ONE power/motor source drive
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Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil
I'm curious if you could run into a situation where you have too much power. There has to be a point where you just have so much power that you can't transfer it to the carpet because the wheels are slipping. Is there any way of calculating this?
The senario you described wouldn't be a problem of too much power, it would be a problem of too little traction.
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