[trikes] Delta trike RWD axle

Giles Puckett gilesp at iinet.net.au
Fri Apr 3 02:02:28 PST 2009


B D wrote:
> --- Den fre 2009-04-03 skrev Dave Larrington <legs_larry at yahoo.com>:
>> http://www.trykit.com/ my be of some use,
>> though it would not be cheap.
> 
> True. Looks great though. Not a real differential, it is the "posidrive" type as I understand it, built in to the casette body, very clever indeed!
> 
> This must be very lightweight for being a 2WD RWD. The freewheel differential helps when it comes to traction. A real differential may be better for comfortable turning, but has the disadvantage that it is the wheel with least traction that gets the power. A freewheel differential works the other way around...

A proper limited-slip diff would be magical, but I've never seen one. 
Not that I'm volunteering to make the first one, mind you :-)

G.


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