Thread: Frictional Discrepancies
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Re: Frictional Discrepancies
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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
There's an order of magnitude between the two sets of published figures (for the inline case, assuming that's how AndyMark tested them). This makes design difficult.

Any guesses as to which is accurate?
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Originally Posted by StevenB View Post
I think it's pretty clear that the AndyMark numbers are wrong.
OOOOPS! Sorry all. Our numbers that WERE posted on our website were wrong. I was hurrying through adding these websites, and I just erroneously missed a "0" in my number. 0.05 is correct for static friction. This was tested between the Rover Wheel and the playing field surface (not carpet).

Thanks for pointing this out, Tristan.

Andy Baker

<edit> ... by the way... if anyone catches something silly like this from me again, feel free to drop me a PM or email at "andyb AT andymark.biz". These days, I am fairly busy and don't always get to check this site.
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