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Drive Wheel Sizes

View Poll Results: What diameter wheels do you use on robots?
4"	54	66.67%
6"	19	23.46%
8"	2	2.47%
Other, please specify	6	7.41%
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13-12-2015, 15:42

Joe Ross

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Re: Drive Wheel Sizes

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Originally Posted by MCahoon

Smaller wheels have smaller angular momentum so they spin up more quickly.

Have you quantified the efect of the rotational inertia of the wheels vs moving a 150 lb robot?

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