akumabito
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 08:40 PM |
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X-drive?
I just had another stupid idea... what if you could make the suspension arms really long.. and not only that, but place 'm on an angle, so the
wheels would actually stick out further than the body, as in a sort of X-shape, or a bit spider-like...
Of course it would have no real-life benefits, but it could look cool nonetheless... (in a silly way perhaps)
Be prepared for a really crappy concept picture made in MS Paint...
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DavidM
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 09:44 PM |
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Joe 90 used something similar.
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akumabito
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 09:49 PM |
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Stupid question alert:
Who/what is Joe 90?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 10:06 PM |
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your showin yr age M8.......
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 10:08 PM |
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imagine the stress on the rear CV joints
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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carnut
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 10:32 PM |
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Some 70s single seaters did similar to this on the rear. It leads to crap lateral support of the wheels and a good bit of rear wheel steer.
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krlthms
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| posted on 18/1/05 at 12:25 AM |
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two motorbikes leaning on each other? Maybe mating?
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GaryM
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| posted on 18/1/05 at 11:00 AM |
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Already been done (sort of)
I believe one of the big soft drinks companies intended in entering a similar design world rally car but shelved the idea when the Group B regulations
were changed.
It had a turbo changed 2 stroke engine running at a constant (optimum) rev feeding energy into a hydraulic acculator, which it turn transferred the
power (via hoses) to hydraulic motor/gearboxes mounted at each wheel.
Clever electronics would provide power distribtion and traction control with the capability of each wheel being in a different gear (if necessary)!
Not sure if it ever got off the drawing board, but cool anyway.
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krlthms
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| posted on 18/1/05 at 07:16 PM |
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Hmm,
Hot hydraulic oil squirting in all 4 directions; how is that going to sell more colas?
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/1/05 at 08:16 PM |
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It had a turbo changed 2 stroke engine
Why? A place I worked at years ago had fork lifts with twin cylinder diesel engines driving a central pump feeding hydraulic wheel motors. Surely
upgrading the pump would have been better and more reliable than sticking a screaming engine in.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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DavidM
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| posted on 18/1/05 at 11:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by akumabito
Stupid question alert:
Who/what is Joe 90?
Have a look at www.bigrat.co.uk
It's like Thunderbirds but with thicker strings.
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