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Re: Winning Drive Train

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
Anybody have anything quantitative to share? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
We used fish scales to measure our pushing force. We had about 15 or so pounds with 6 wheel drop center tank drive. We added traction control that bumped us up to about 20 pounds and then we had 2 10" shrouded fans that each added another 4 pounds for a total of anywhere from 26-30 pounds of force at one time.
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