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Re: Plaction Roughtop Tread on carpet

The layout you described will likely have major problems when turning.

There is a good white paper on this topic: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/1443

Things that you can do to improve your turning ability:

- Put the wheels closer together (front to back)
- Add middle wheel(s) and lower them slightly to shorten your effective wheelbase
- Replace one pair of wheels with lower friction wheels