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Re: Power Puller
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Date: 
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:43:26 GMT
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In saying this, the steering is pretty irrelevant, as I gather the front wheels
spend most of their time off the ground when the vehicle is working properly
anyway. I assume any directional control in the real vehicle  is done by varying
the torque supplied to each of the rear wheels..?

Yes. If my memory serves me well, the common power puller has two
break pedals, one for each rear wheel :)

/Tobbe



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  Re: Power Puller
 
(...) I agree that the steering is pretty dubious for two reasons: 1) The angle range of the front wheels is very small, and the front wheels do not grip well; 2) There is no differential between the rear wheels, which do grip well. You don't have (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)

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