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At school the physics teacher taught us Newtonian physics on something called a "frictionless plane", this little slope apparently does not exist in reality, since no surface is frictionless. Urban Mushers would beg to differ. Flat roads with compact ice are the perfect frictionless plane, but the physics is not Newtonian. Quattro paw 16 Claw drive running at vectors to each other is pure chaos. Our unit runs well as long as all forces align, the dogs resolve in a forward direction and I follow. The issue arises when I want to slow us, turn us, or avoid anything in our way. Last year we avoided a nasty accident by lying down the scooter and scraping sideways to a halt, avoiding taking down a nice lady walking her dog. The good news is that real mud and snow are our friends, offering give and resistance in just enough amounts to keep the string between me and the dogs on course like an expert steersman. For me and the hounds the fine pieces of mud and water really are the Dogs Bosun particles.