I've pondered this myself, and concluded that the drive wheels are 50%. In
other words, you get just as much bang by making the non-drive wheels lighter
as you do with the drive wheeels. The only difference is that the drive
wheels are spun directly by the motor, and the non-drive wheels are spun
indirectly by the motor (thru the drive wheels, to the pavement, then to the
non-drive wheels), but still by the motor.
Sounds like a good engineering philosophy question to me...
Mike Taylor
>===== Original Message From GRMPer@aol.com =====
>Anybody out there know if you just replace the DRIVE wheels with lighter
>pieces, how much advantage this is?
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>Are the drive wheels 50% of the rotational inertia from the wheels...or is it
>more?
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