On Feb 10, 8:39 am, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article .com, "onoahimahi" wrote:

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Moving the friction point closer to the axle reduces thetorqueon the
wheel.

And that makes a difference how?


It makes a difference in the angular acceleration of the wheel.

It's a real small difference, but if you win by half an inch, you win.

If you can lighten the wheels by removing mass nearest the hub
that will help too.

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