Questions tagged [wheels]
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How to add traction to a wheel?
I am not a professional in engineering and was wondering what I could use to add traction to a wheel. (I have to make a small self-car for a school project) I was wondering if there was a cheap or almost free material I could use for it. The wheel…
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Why do baseball pitching machines have wheels stacked instead of side by side?
I was working on a project where I have to launch a ball. The current design has two wheels that are side by side with the ball going between them. I noticed that in almost every commercial ball launcher, the wheels are stacked on top of one another…
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Is there an optimal camber for fixed wheels rotating around a point?
I'm working on a project where part of a unit needs to rotate around a fixed point, and be supported on two fixed (i.e. not castor) wheels.
When experimenting with the wheels, it feels like fixing them at 90 degrees to the unit results in them…
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