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Re: Why halftracks?
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Mon, 21 May 2001 16:49:51 GMT
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In article <qrdn18brlnb.fsf@eos.uio.no>,
Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> Perhaps the front wheels make the vehicle more comfortable to drive on
> a proper road, while the tracks permit it to go off road as well?
This part wouldn't surprise me-- a full-track tank tends to tear up asphalt
when it turns with its huge tracks running the full length of the vehicle
and running them at different rates. A half-track would get you some of
the benefits of tracks where your drive wheels are, which is a much larger
contact patch between you and the ground, but not have so much that you
tear up every road you drive on. Also, I'd guess you can convert an existing
truck design to half-track a lot easier than you can full-track.
-JDF
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J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| This post is obviously inspired from some of the MOCs I've seen be Shaun Sullivan. He has made some very cool WWII halftrack models. Ok, so a halftracked vehicle is usually a tracked one with ordinary steering wheels. What I don't understand is how (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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