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Unread 03-11-2007, 22:22
CraigHickman
 
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Re: Contact Area and its Relation to Friction?

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Originally Posted by sumadin View Post
Are you sure it wasn't just different gear ratios? If both are driven by the same motors, the tracks having a lower gear-ratio in their gearbox would make a big difference.
I watched outback tracks (which used to run on an andymark shifter) push other bots running on andymark shifters. Not sure of the details.


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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
When you mean "overcome and outpush", what exactly happened? The single-wide drive train's wheels started spinning? Or both robots maintained traction and one won out over the other?
There was a second or so of nothing, then the single wheel slipped a tiny bit, and the two wheel pushed it forward steadily until I turned the drive switch off.