33 Lego Wheels/Tracks on Wood (worst to best)
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2025
- 33 Lego wheels, tires or tracks tested on a wooded board to find the best traction. Presented in order from worst to best. Enjoy!
Test method:
adjust the slope angle until the driving car doesn't slide down or climb up but stays in place
measure the angle of inclination
calculate the coefficient of friction = tan(angle)
Potential sources of error:
traction varies along the wooden board (maybe +/- 1 degree of error in spots)
wheel rotation speed varies (faster rotation adds maybe even 2 degrees to the result with some tires, tried to minimize it by using L-motor with large tires)
vibration (happened noticeable only with 15038c03, those errors were omitted)
weight varies (shouldn't matter in theory)
uneven weight distribution on the 4 wheels
angle measurement inaccuracies
== the results are not very accurate, but I'm confident they are roughly correct
All wheels were wiped clean before testing.
The material of the wood board is pine, untreated
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Test results:
angle, cof, release year, diameter, part id, link to bricklink.com
13 0.23 1979 -- 3873 www.bricklink....
14 0.25 2007 -- 57518 www.bricklink....
18 0.32 1977 41 3649 www.bricklink....
22 0.40 1977 36 3736 www.bricklink....
30 0.58 2006 -- x1681 www.bricklink....
30 0.58 1981 64 4266c02 www.bricklink....
32 0.62 1975 42 3482c03 www.bricklink....
33 0.65 1974 24 3482c01 www.bricklink....
33 0.65 1986 43 2695c01 www.bricklink....
34 0.67 2013 -- 57518+14149 www.bricklink....
36 0.73 1983 30 4185c01 www.bricklink....
38 0.78 2016 -- 57518+24375 www.bricklink....
40 0.84 2010 14 4265cc01 www.bricklink....
45 1.00 2014 95 15038c03 www.bricklink....
46 1.04 2016 105 15038c05 www.bricklink....
47 1.07 2006 94 44772c02 www.bricklink....
48 1.11 2001 103 22969c01 www.bricklink....
48 1.11 2010 94 88517c01 www.bricklink....
49 1.15 2007 30 55982c03 www.bricklink....
49 1.15 2009 43 56904c01 www.bricklink....
49 1.15 2011 67 56908c02 www.bricklink....
49 1.15 1994 42 6580c01 www.bricklink....
50 1.19 2006 43 56145c01 www.bricklink....
50 1.19 2003 43 44292c01 www.bricklink....
51 1.23 2008 43 56145c04 www.bricklink....
51 1.23 2006 55 56145c02 www.bricklink....
51 1.23 1991 83 2903c01 www.bricklink....
52 1.28 2003 70 44772c01 www.bricklink....
53 1.33 2011 80 56908c01 www.bricklink....
53 1.33 1990 49 4266c01 www.bricklink....
54 1.38 2000 56 6595c01 www.bricklink....
54 1.38 1998 68 32077c01 www.bricklink....
54 1.38 1997 63 32020c01 www.bricklink....
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In reality, you access it via a 49 degree wooden ramp
Let's hope our souls have the right friction coefficient to make it.
I hope not. 49° is steep!!!
in real reality, you access it via [Made in Heaven]
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Pretty much, yep
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I loved watching the statistics afterwords, it was so interesting. Fyi I'm a massive nerd mby that's why i like this stuff lol
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The last scene with the wheels shining in the sky and the piece of wood going out of the clouds, soooooooo funny!
That's where old tires go, tire heaven
With that bgm 😆😆
That clip hit me emotionally
Plankway to Heaven
That's that good anime shitposting i expect from a Lego UA-cam channel
I had no idea Lego has so many wheels and tires.
Lego is the biggest tire maker by unit number. Nobody produce more tires than Lego.
Lego tires are awesome
@@norad64 One surprisingly true fact.
The question is whether they are in stock.
From 0.5 CM to 30CM tire
Let’s appreciate how long it took to switch out 31 different sets of wheels and test them one degree at a time
... and recording it all, sorting through and editing down all the footage
Probably checking batteries between runs too.
didn't only switch wheels, also had to change the deisgn for almost every wheel/track due to shape and size differences
and putting all the data in an excel to get graphs....
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What I love about these videos is that it's so simple and yet so entertaining at the same time. Keep it up!
Is this the wheel life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught on a wood-slide, no escape from reality
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@@PUGS21 easy wood,
@@GastropodGaming2006 easy roll...
that editing at the end was glorious
I don't know why it's so funny
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@@aj22gaming45 oh, it's a monty python reference? From what sketch or bit or whatever is it?
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Me too
He already made a fully functional tank
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I appreciate the extra effort put into the graphs and showing how different each of the wheels were and how that related to the data.
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2:52 Literally died here and climbing up to the skies on wooden plank by myself right now
I don't usually go out of my way to 👍🏻 videos, but this one I most certainly did.
Be sure to use one of them winner wheels so you make it
Was some god tier editing ;)
But was it tilted at 54°?
i really like all the graphs at the end they add so much perspective and insight
Never thought three lego wheels with cloudy background could be so epic.
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Tank Treads: "I'm good for climbing!"
Tiny Wheels: "Hold my juice box"
I'm early, so I imagine this video will be gaining some serious TRACTION later on.
(Not sorry)
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This is the best outro I've seen in a *loong* time
I wonder if Lego changed their rubber compound at some point, or if the older wheels harden over time
they do harden over time, but the old ones were still much harder when they were new.
The older tires are still produced new today just in less quantity right? so wouldn’t they use the same rubber as the new ones, I highly doubt they would change the rubber for the older wheels
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Did he control for the weight of each car? On paper, those with higher coefficients of friction on such a smooth surface should be the only deciding factor alongside the weight, as force of friction simply equals the normal force times coefficient of friction, and there’s no mechanical advantage the grooves can have. (And surface area cancels out). Happy to see that the data gathered basically shows as much.
Oh wait duh the weight in theory is also irrelevant. Hmm, cool video though!
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In 2030: Make giant wheels out of Lego treads.
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In 2040: Make an RC vehicle that can travel between dimensions with special dimension transformers as wheels.
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Dude the video quality in this vid was top notch! Nice work!
Was there any correlation between the order of the tests and the results? Could be that wheelsdeposit smal traces of rubber on the wood, making it grippier over time.
This is really great, thanks for taking the time and effort, and then managing to condense it into a three-minute video!
That outro was epic
Bro, you are amazing! I love your videos, not only for your use of legos and mind blowing creations but just how you can make a technical study over the performance of lego mechanisms super interesting. I have never seen you use terrible music or have annoying long rambling explanations or weird paid promotions in your videos at all. You are just straight to the point on experimenting keeping a very professional manner and focus on your topic. I love this channel and all your videos are truly phenomenal. I look forward to the future of this channel whatever formula you have for making these videos do not change it. Also I do appreciate your small implements of humor in the videos especially when u made the wheels at the end fly up into the sky on the board. I just can’t enough of your content please keep it up.
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Thank you Brick Experiment Channel, I really needed this.
I'd be curious to see how a clone turbo tank's wheels would go
The animated bit at the end really got me, with the wheels riding the board in the sky :')
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Not sure how long building these takes etc but honestly I’d 100% watch a live stream of you building new designs and testing them
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does weight play a role too?
edit
and does the diameter of the wheel affects its torque?
Yes diameter effects torque since torque is related to force by F = T / (r x sin(a)) where r is the radius of the wheel or length of the lever, F is the force applied and a is the angle between the force and the lever. If we draw a line from the axel to the ground through the wheel we can see the force is applied at 90 degrees to the lever arm and sin(90) is 1 so we're left with F = T/r. This means increasing the wheel radius for the same torque will reduce the force that the wheel applies to the wood.
Wow, the graphs and their analysis was really incredible, love to see it. Great content!
Wow, thank you very much! This is really useful!
I'm surprised tracks perform that poorly - I guess they really are more of a solution to vehicles being heavy and needing to distribute their weight across more axles, or something?
It's heartening to see that traction has been getting better over the years.
Tracks are mostly intended for soft terrain.
Especially these rigid tracks offer next to no grip on hard surfaces since there is very little surface area actually in contact with the ground.
Its why the rubber grousers on the tracks improved the grip so much, might look like a smaller contact patch, but all of that contact-patch is actually gripping the ground, rather than only part of the track surface gripping.
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Bravo 👏 Act 3 brought a tear to my eye... As the wheel rolled away 😢... Beautiful
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0:37 The itty-bitty wheels... then the BIGGEST WHEELS YET. lol
Also, loooved seeing the data! It must have taken absolute ages to put together, thanks so much for all the effort :)
The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
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As an Engineer, I have to point out something about the Coefficient of Friction number, it’s only valid for the lego wheel being tested and the piece of wood. The coefficient of friction changes between different surfaces. Imagine how this experiment might be different if there was ice or sandpaper on the ramp
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I'd'nt've thought coefficients of friction higher than 1.00 to be possible, but you learn something new every day.
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so proud of you three!
Super cool that you included the coefficient of friction
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it's always a highlight of my day when BEC uploads.
Near the end it goes tiniest wheel, big wheel, bigger wheel, ginormous wheel, then thin huge wheel, then a comparably small wheel. No reason to like this if you see it, it’s in the video.
Plastic on wood: Doesn't raise up, just a little bit only, weak traction.
Rubber on wood: Does do raise up nicely, big wheels are better, and also the last one (rubber on wood) is also the wheel to improve tire grip.
I think you forgot the smaller variants of the 15038c03 and c05, which can be found on the cement truck and the Rubicon respectively. Also the very flat back tyre from the 42104 is missing and the new tyres from the 42124. I would be interested to see these compare to others.
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From an engineering perspective this is very helpful to know. Thanks for performing this experiment!
This was a rather interesting one. Great video as always!
Loved the ending with the wheels ascending the slanted board up to heaven!
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weirdly informative. surprising ending. 20/20. would watch again.
I appreciate how you treat it as an official scientific experiment.
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Watching those gears and threads spin is satisfying
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this is my favorite one i love tires and traction
Dude...u have the coolest channel! I can't wait for more!!! Plus I don't have any Legos to play with so I'll just watch you play with yours!!!
I had no idea the coefficient of friction could be greater than 1. Just learned something new, thanks!
This is a question i never had, but desperately needed the answer to. Thanks for all the statistics and Testung
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Seeing your graphics: You definately must be an engineer.
Well prepared and well done. Thanks!
I don't know what I'm going to do with this information, but I'm glad I watched
Now this is the part of Statics/Dynamics I'm actually interested in!!
I would love to see a video comparing the efficiency of different gear combinations. Are certain types of gears (spur vs. bevel vs. turntable) more efficient? How about parallel vs. perpendicular connections? What are the most efficient ways to achieve desired gear ratios? etc.
I love your effort into this