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Unread 10-08-2013, 02:30
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: 8 wheel drivetrain?

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Originally Posted by Cash4587 View Post
Whoops. I was thinking of steam locomotives. And here is my reasoning, steam locomotives built to pull passenger trains had larger wheels to have a higher top speed to get to places on time. If the same passenger locomotive was then later retrofitted with smaller wheels because it needed to pull freight, it now had more torque to pull that extra weight that passenger trains didn't have. Sorry, that is why I said "Smaller wheels = more torque".. I will be clearer next time
Good idea, though, to connect real world knowledge with your knowledge of physics. That's the right mindset to have.
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