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Re: Einstein Drivetrains?

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Currently there is a high concentration of WCD, but I expect that to change in a few years. The higher concentration of butterfly and swerve designs will eventually create a new design that will overtake like WCD did.
WCD was not used much in the early years either.
Remember that 6WD does not automatically mean WCD. The KOP is a 6WD, but it is definitely not a WCD. If I were to take a guess, and at minimum count a WCD as a Cantilevered Live Axle drive, the percentage is most likely fairly similar to Swerves, and both are most likely more common then butterfly's. The teams that make good WCD's will most likely continue, because they know how to make them well, same as the teams that commonly build good swerves will most likely continue because thats what they are good at. The teams in the middle will be the ones that will switch back and forth between new drive types.
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