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Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 14:36:07 GMT
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Craig B Agricola <AGRICOLC@nomorespamBTV.IBM.COM>
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On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 05:17:07AM -0000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Chris Stanley writes:
> > what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of
> > them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite
> > managed to figure out what they do.
> >
> > ok, there. i feel much better. thank you.
<clipped nice explanation of differentials>
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> Unfortunately, it also means that, if one wheel is more likely to slip
> than the other, that when it slips, the non-slippery wheel doesn't
> rotate at all. That's why you have limited-slip differentials.
> Essentially they work by putting a brake on the idler gear in the
> differential.
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This has long been a curiosity of mine; I understand the general idea of
increasingly braking an idler gear on the axle that is going faster (I presume
the braking is proportional to the difference of the speeds, which I further
guess is due to a second differential...) Well, anyway, as you can see, I am
just purely guessing. Can anyone tell me _exactly_ how the mechanism works
on a limited slip differential? (I am crossing my fingers that it is not
a system based on viscous liquids and that there is a solution made entirely
of gears...) And the final $20,000 question is: Has anyone implemented one
purely in Lego, and if so, would they be so kind as to post pictures or LDraw
data? Pretty please?
-Craig
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 | | Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
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| Chris Stanley writes: > what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of > them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite > managed to figure out what they do. > > ok, there. i feel much better. thank you. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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