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Re: Even Playing Field?
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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post
Some definitely unscientific testing showed that the friction of the new wheels on terazzo (a stone-like material used in many school floors) appears similar to that expected on the new surface. So, it is possible that your school has a wide expanse of a suitable practice surface already....
We did that testing today on our school flooring. We got about .095 static coefficient and about .085 dynamic. Not exactly .05 and .06 but probably close enough.
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