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Subject: 
Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
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Sun, 11 May 2003 13:59:11 GMT
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Hi all,

You will find here:
http://www.philohome.com/traction/traction.htm
the results of a few experiments on pulling power of different Lego® wheels
and tracks.

Enjoy!

Philo
www.philohome.com



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  Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
 
Thank you for posting that! A useful resource. I have thought about having 2 narrow tires at an angle so that they almost meet at the ground. My thought is that they might increase traction by sort of pinching the carpet pile. Thanks again. Best (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
 
"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:HEq6un.1xC2@lugnet.com... (...) wheels (...) Fascinating! I wonder if the tracks of both types would perform better if they had a series of idlers placed along the bottom of them to keep (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
 
"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:HEq6un.1xC2@lugnet.com... (...) very interesting and usful maybe you could add the bar with the traction on sand :) br pixel (21 years ago, 12-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
 
(...) Oh, very useful! Thanks for the work! I thought about doing this myself but never got around to. And spinning speed is important! Power Pullers use high speed to actually toss the ground behind them to get more force. Don't see how you could (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
 
(...) Hello Philo, This is an extremely interesting and informative analysis. Did you notice any effects caused by the location of the scale attachment point? It seems to me that any attachment point below the axle centerline creates a lever arm (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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