Re: Tank Transmission

[ray.schwartz-at-juno.com]

wow , and i thought my transmission was complicated.... 

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:51:35 -0500 William and Melissa Johns
<gizmology-at-gizmology.net> writes:
> Well,
>    Since you're all talking about tank transmissions, one motor 
> versus two 
> motors, etc, I thought this might be a good time to show you all 
> this 
> picture.  "Carl in the UK" sent me this picture of a single electric 
> motor 
> driving both tracks of a 1/16th scale Sherman through two clutches, 
> the 
> weird round black parts on the right.  The lever sticking out the 
> top of 
> the black box and projecting off the image to the right is the lever 
> that 
> controls the clutches.
>    You may also be interested in one of the pages on my website 
> "Notes on 
> Tracked Vehicle Steering" ( http://www.gizmology.net/tracked.htm ).
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
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> these past 10 years..."
> 
> 


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