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Unread 06-01-2009, 08:37
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Re: Frictional Discrepancies

In all honesty, I don't really think that it's going to be that big of an issue. Some teams who are less well off than some of us will only have the kit wheels to use, they wont be able to afford more, and as such they will have been practising with them on all manner of flooring (as they cant afford regolith). The wheels WILL arrive at the competitions in all different states of wear, and IMO, it won't matter. The surface of these wheels is so hard that being worn down wont have a significant effect. (I'm not saying there wouldn't be a measurable difference, just that we have so little friction to begin with, the miniscule gain won't be that beneficial). Course, I could be wrong too... someone with more money than me could compare coefficients on a deliberately worn down wheel (burnouts on asphalt?) to a fresh out of the box wheel and empirically prove whether its significantly beneficial.