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Old 01-07-2009, 06:51   #59 (permalink)
shaiz
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Just had a quick skim through this. Someone mentioned that width doesn't affect the area of the contact patch, just the shape of it. If that was true (which I'm skeptical about but would need to lok into further) surely the analogy of rally cars using narrow tyres in snow to increase the force per unit area of the contact patch would go out the window. I'd get stuck into this further but I'm going to be late for work.
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