Zibby front wheel friction drive RC

[justlooking]

thanks
i might consider making one my self now that i know about the tires ,,

 

[EVTodd]

At first, I was getting unacceptable wear on my round-profile tire (fairly smooth tread, of course). All of my drives power was being focused on a thin strip down the center of the tread.

Once I took EVTodds suggestion and switched to a square-profile beach cruiser tire, everything improved. The roller was engaging across the entire tread face, instead of just in the middle of the rounded tread. My occasional slippage went to NO slippage, even under hard acceleration.

As Todd said, my rear tire seems to be wearing at the same rate as the front tire now...check the pics of his drives to see the type of square-profile I am talking about.

Good point. The beach cruiser style tires do work very well with friction drive. I originally had one of the hybrid tires that has little tread in the inside with knobbies on the outside. That one worked ok but the tread was noisy so I didn't use it long.

 

[spinningmagnets]

One more from ferias77 https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=71252

 

[spinningmagnets]

I've scrubbed my sig (which could change in the future, but...) here is the link to my RC friction drive from 2010.

https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=21365&start=75