11-06-2010, 20:32
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Re: Crazy Drive Train Ideas
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Originally Posted by JesseK
What do you mean by "outperform" the nonadrive? Considering that the nonadrive effectively addresses a multitude of issues with both omni and 4wd while combining their strengths (and even manipulating a perceived weakness of 4wd), saying a drive train will outperform the nonadrive is a very broad, boastful statment...
Additionally, until you've driven a drive train with "modes" (linkage in 2008/09, nonadrive as implemented in '10), you really don't get a feel for the true power of a manipulatable center of rotation.
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The random idea I thought of when I made the post had the capability of doing particular features better than a Nonadrive base. It was rashly typed, yes, but also an example of the kind of thinking that could get you to think up your next "creative" drivetrain. Start looking at drives that arent 6-drop and what advantages they have, and how to work around their drawbacks. Evolution is innovation.
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