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Re: pic: steering methods

Nice drawings. We are investigating if car-type steering will have any advantages with our chassis this year.
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Originally Posted by GeoffP View Post
left/right (tank) control will not work well this year since friction is so low. remember that sliding (dynamic) friction is roughly half of not-sliding / rolling (static) friction.
Several threads (and my own tests) have shown that the 2:1 ratio of transverse to lateral friction is a myth, reality shows it to be about 6:5.
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