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Re: 4WD Turning Difficulties

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
It's not likely to make any difference at all, since surface area has very little effect on friction with hard materials such as the wheel treads and arena floor.
A couple members of our team did calculations for the majority of last night and more wheels don't help you at all. I would say 4 is the max you'd need for a drive train this year. We toyed with the concept of a 2 or 3 wheeled drive train but stayed with the 4 wheeled system mainly because of the contact with the side carpet.

I'd love to hear other opinions on this and how many wheels people are planning on using.
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