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Re: Is it worth it to implement traction control?

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Originally Posted by dmlawrence View Post
... an increase of at most 9.6% in the time it takes to get somewhere....
Can you describe how you got this result? I assume it's by calculating a max acceleration from mu_s vs. mu_k for controlled vs. non-, and running at that acceleration over the longest path possible? If nothing else, it'd be illustrative for a lot of the high-schoolers to see the math done out.