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Are the wheels on backwards?
sprouts-car - 19/10/11 at 01:20 PM

Is it just me or are the wheels on the wrong way? I would have thought they would act like buckets or scoops to throw the sand back?

Dune Buggy
Dune Buggy

[Edited on 19/10/11 by sprouts-car]

jossey - 19/10/11 at 01:24 PM

looks like they are. or it goes in reverse alot.

PS have you got a bigger pic please? lol

if you put PG in the img marks you will get a small pic instead of huge one. :O)

tomgregory2000 - 19/10/11 at 01:29 PM

No they are on the correct way otherwise you would get very little drive in the sand if they were the other way round

sprouts-car - 19/10/11 at 01:42 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
No they are on the correct way otherwise you would get very little drive in the sand if they were the other way round


Can you explain why?

SeaBass - 19/10/11 at 01:43 PM

Yep they are on the correct way - think about the way the wheels turn when going forward! The flatter bucket face will scoop the sand.

If they were the other way the ramp profile would find no bite.

They're just not as aggressive as some sand bucket tyres.

JC

Agriv8 - 19/10/11 at 02:01 PM

I had assumed wrong - so what your saying is the 'Cleats' are designed to list the vehicle up and out of soft sand rather than dig you deeper

regards

Agriv8

Liam - 19/10/11 at 02:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by sprouts-car
I would have thought they would act like buckets or scoops to throw the sand back?[Edited on 19/10/11 by sprouts-car]


Yes, and before the 'scoops' throw sand backwards, they have done a nice job digging in and propelling the vehicle forward. They're on the right way.

sprouts-car - 19/10/11 at 03:03 PM

I have been enlightened, thats all!

The Shootist - 19/10/11 at 05:08 PM

The paddles are hollowed on the back side so they scoop sand as they go along. The best way to tell is that the sides (side wall area) of the paddles are angled so they are in tension when the paddle is in contact with the ground.