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Re: 8 wheel drive but no steer
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003 18:05:12 GMT
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TJ Avery's utterance expressed in news:HCGn6E.xEM@lugnet.com:
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> Could you incorporate some sort of articulation? You could completely
> redesign the frame with a rotation joint in the middle.
maybe.. I hadn't thought of that - just like big backhoes or
dumpers - only problem is to transfer the drive between the
two parts - but that can surely be done :)
> Or, getting back to your lifting idea, perhaps you could make the
> front and rear axles lift off the ground, and then skid-steer the
> middle two axles. That would require the use of extra motors, and
> you'd have to redesign your gear train.
my initial idea, but the lifting mechanism should detach itself,
when not used, so that the vehicle can "follow" the surface.
Leg godt i weekenden!
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| (...) Could you incorporate some sort of articulation? You could completely redesign the frame with a rotation joint in the middle. Or perhaps design your front and rear axles with articulation. I don't know if that would steer very well, but it's (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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