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Re: Martians 494 cvt pics
Actually, to be completely accurate, it's a centripetal acceleration that causes the weights to exert a force outward, which operates the shift. Higher RPM means higher centripital acceleration, a higher force pushing outwards, and a different ratio.
More importantly, I had been ogling the available pictures of this transmission over about the past year, and when I glanced at it walking through the pits in Atlanta, myself and Cody from our team immediately ambushed the only kid in their pits. I actually apologize for that, I think I scared him a bit. "Can you demonstrate your CVT to us? Please?! We really want to see it! Please!"
Anyways, the thing is really, really cool, if it is a bit noisy. It shifts really smoothly, but it does seem to offer a lot of internal resistance to movement. But really, really slick!
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