Larger Wheels and Speed
I'm doing a science project for one of my classes involving wheel size on a Hot Wheels car. Has larger wheels ever increased the speed of any mods in the past or has small wheels performed better than large wheels?
Discussion
Think of it like this:
Put a 78 on the turntable.
Mark a dot on the edge of the label
And a dot on the outer edge of the disc,
Directly in line with the inner dot.
Turn on player.
Which appears to be moveing faster /longer distance in the same amount of time?
Orrrrrrrrrr....
If the ice cream truck were 2 blocks from your house where your piggy bank was, but you were 4 blocks away...
Would you want your little brother with his stumpy little legs to chase down the coinage? Or your longer legs getting the job done right??
Another big factor when it comes to racing...because of the increased leverage with size, larger wheels are capable of traversing track joints/gaps with less loss of momentum. Knowing this can come in handy when selecting cars for certain tracks. If you're racing on a seamless track, the wheel size can be less important since there are no gaps in the track to slow the car down. But choosing a car with larger wheels can be an advantage if you're racing on any track that has joints or seams.
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The limiting factor of speed with these cars is the maximum RPM that the wheels will turn. The wheels, either large or small, will only be able to turn a certain RPM. So, smaller wheels will hit that maximum RPM faster than larger ones will....but, if the track is long enough for the larger wheels to hit maximum RPM, the car will be going faster. In other words, small wheels will get going faster out of the gate, but the larger wheels will go faster, given that they have enough room.