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Unread 05-01-2009, 20:17
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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?

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Originally Posted by Dr.Bot View Post
Not an expert on this but I think you should be limited to using 4 wheels. If not
then you could use 8 - 16 whatever - a wheels arms race.

If everyone has to work with four wheels the mental arms race has to be where the competition goes.

I think with the mass of the trailer behind you - best movement strategy is based more on sailing/sledding/bumper cars then driving on carpet.
Adding more wheels would probably make little difference in driving, and would probably actually make it harder to turn (if you use skid turning, and with that many wheels, you probably will). Also, in theory adding wheels won't really help since as long as you're using the same wheels (you will be), you're just spreading out your normal force while still having the same coefficient of friction (.06).
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