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Re: Variable Diameter Wheels

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
I believe team 116 did something similar. Im not talhing drive train wise but in the mounting of the wheels and the point contact. Maybe someone might mention how good the traction was? Actually wouldn't you get better ratios with concave disks rather then hemispheres? less rotation would be needed to make a large gear shift.
do you mean convex? because if its concave then the low or high will be the only points that can touch the ground with nothing inbetween.