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Re: Crab Steering on Regolith
Note that the published values for the wheel's transverse coefficient of friction are almost twice that for the inline coefficients.

In other words, yeah... turning the wheel 90 degrees to your direction of travel will bring you to a stop more quickly than just stopping the wheel.

The downside is that you will be in a skid at that point and will have sacrificed directional control.

Jason
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