[DMCForum] Re: twinengine traction (was Livin' the dream in 11472)

["twinenginedmc12" <twinenginedmc12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah.

What Jim said!

Rick.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> 
wrote:
> C'mon Walt, think harder.  
> 
> The engines, and therefore wheels, are not connected, so there will 
be no
> drag or slip.  Consider that there are two engines, and also two
> transmissions.  The engines will run at different RPMs, as will the
> transmissions.  Both the transmissions are automatic, and will 
shift when
> they need to.
> 
> Like stacking batteries, the energy will add, not subtract.  
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:46:00 -0400 "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> writes:
> > Hi Rick,
> > 
> > You're a maniac, what else is there to say?  (Sorry, couldn't 
help 
> > saying
> > that.)
> > 
> > So my question to you is: Isn't there going to be a problem with 
> > traction?
> > I mean like consider what happens when you run a 4-wheel drive 
truck 
> > on a
> > paved road.  People say not to do this because one set of wheels 
> > will tend
> > to spin at a different rate than the other causing a set to drag 
or 
> > slip.
> > 
> > Walt
> > 
> > P.S. I want a ride too, provided that Greg goes first and 
survives. 
> > ;-)
> > 
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