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Originally Posted by Cory
Like I said earlier, surface area doesn't matter.
HDPE and ice are as close as possible to an "ideal" surface from a physics standpoint. The reason surface area might matter on carpet is because the tread can interlock with the carpet.
On ice or HDPE the surface is totally slick, so there is no possible way for the tread to interlock with the HDPE, and thus surface area does not matter, only coefficient of friction and normal force.
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the conveyor belts they make are for moving bags around an airport, they are a like tiny little plastic plates with rubber tread on them, were you thinking like timing belt kinda thing?
Ask two different FIRSTers for an opinion, get three different answers! - pfreivald [more] 
14-12-2008, 20:49
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