Thread: one wheel drive
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Unread 15-11-2005, 21:52
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Re: one wheel drive
As far as I can tell, a one-wheel drive would not be of any benefit. You get no power increase to the drivetrain, because you still have the same number of motors, they're just arranged differently.

Although there would be (small) weight savings from not having to run the chain to as many wheels, that is outweighed by the disadvantages. The main one I can see is you would have less traction, only one wheel would have to spin out for you to stop going anywhere, instead of two, or four, or six; etc.

EDIT: Removed a previous edit that was incorrect
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