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Originally Posted by Resident 2B
{snip} Your design looks like a lot of fun, but you have to deal with the loss of friction. Drive wheels just do not do it. They will spin as you attempt to over come the inerita of the vehicle at the start. As a result, the work is done (by the mushers, but little work is turned into vehicle velocity.
Now if there was a studded belt, like in a snow machine driving the vehicle......
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Yup, lack of friction is definitely an issue, especially when the lake is mostly ice (vs packed snow). But all is not lost ! I have some hope that a solution might be found
I could always make some studded snow tires as these guys have done (though I think I'd be a lil less extreme - yikes !).
