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Originally posted by Jnadke
Interesting... didn't know a true CVT had been built before. I thought about a toroidial CVT, but then you have the problem that you brought up (control of gear ratios). Also, you have the issue of torque transfer between two non-interlocking metal surfaces. How did you guys solve this problem? I suppose you could use a high COF material and use acid-etching to make the metal surface porous. Or am I making this problem larger than it is?
If I remember correctly from the explanation given to me at 2002 Nationals, the toroids are polished metal, and it works flawlessly. Very high Mu, they told us
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