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Re: More friction questions

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Originally Posted by Matt times View Post
another thing to consider is that if your robot skids out due to less fricitonal force because of the reduced weight (Force friction = mg x coefficient of friction) you have to use the coefficient of kinetic friction in the equasion which is less than the coefficient of static friction used when the robot is rolling.
Right but I'm proposing is the momentum of a light bot will be easily controlled by the friction of the wheels, even if that friction is less. So a heavy bot will be less willing to slow down based on the friction then a heavy bot. The change in friction shouldn't change anything because both robots encounter the same change.
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