Do wider tires help?
03-02-2006, 05:25 PM
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you also have to consider ground pressure through the contact patch say yo have a 10" wide contact patch now and you go to a 15 " contact patch you are basically putting about 1/3 less pressure to the ground per square inch so it can work both ways snow wet it will be a disadvantage dry it can be a advantage
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Originally Posted by J Wikoff
Alright:
Friction (what makes the car move) = mu (coefficient of friction) * mass * acceleration due to gravity
or
f = mu * m * g
So size of contact patch does not change mass or gravity. Is mu dependent on contact patch size?
Friction (what makes the car move) = mu (coefficient of friction) * mass * acceleration due to gravity
or
f = mu * m * g
So size of contact patch does not change mass or gravity. Is mu dependent on contact patch size?
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