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Originally Posted by guakam0li1089
but doesnt having less wheels work better? i think so because with less wheels you are distributing more wieght per wheel making the friction due to gravity greator. (not sure if its right though, just something me and a few other students were disscussing)
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This is partially right. If all of the wheels are driven then it doesn't matter. Each wheel will have less traction per wheel due to a lower normal force per wheel but the total traction will be the same as the more wheels will add up to the same value. Either way having 16 wheels does not improve traction at all and having unpowered wheels even with 16 wheels means this drivetrain will have less traction than a simple 4wd design.