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Re: 4" vs. 6" vs. 8" wheels. Advantages?
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Originally Posted by big1boom
Wider tread provides absolutely no benefit. When the surfaces are hard, uniform, and flat (Lunacy)
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This wasn't entirely true. There were a few teams that I drove against that year (25 and 2753 come to mind) that had 12 wheels in their drive trains versus our 6 and they had noticeably more pushing power than we did, and could also out accelerate us. I'm not sure what caused this, I always theorized that the carpet under the Regolith may have had some effect on the amount of Friction, but never cared much to test it once the season was over.
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2012-2014 - Technical Mentor, 2014 Drive Coach FRC 341
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