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Subject: 
Re: 8 wheel drive but no steer
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Date: 
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.

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  Re: 8 wheel drive but no steer
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)

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