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Re: Lightweight wheels...drive only?

To: GRMPer@aol.com, autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Lightweight wheels...drive only?
From: "Kevin Stevens" <kevin_stevens@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 11:45:20 PDT
Assuming they're rotating at ground speed, each of the four wheels has to be 
accelerated; doesn't make any difference whether it's by FWD, RWD, or rocket 
booster.

KeS


>From: GRMPer@aol.com
>Reply-To: GRMPer@aol.com
>To: autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Lightweight wheels...drive only?
>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:45:13 EDT
>
>Anybody out there know if you just replace the DRIVE wheels with lighter
>pieces, how much advantage this is?
>
>Are the drive wheels 50% of the rotational inertia from the wheels...or is 
>it
>more?
>
>Per
>

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