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Re: Wheels, Tyres and Tractions
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 12 May 2003 12:36:34 GMT
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Hello Jennifer,
I tried with one idler in the middle of RIS tracks. The result was not
significantly different with or without it - so it seems indeed equivalent
to adding more wheels, dividing weight between them. In real life, tracks
are useful in mud or soft ground where contact area is important to prevent
vehicle from burying itself... here we are on hard, even surface !
Philo
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> 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 more of
> the track in good contact with the ground, in the same way as real
> excavators, tanks etc do? From my entirely subjective point of view, I think
> this might serve to increase traction. Of course it may just be the
> equivalent of adding more wheels as stated in your experiment, in which case
> you gain little or nothing.
>
> Jennifer
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| "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)
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