Phil Ethier wrote:
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> From: naldous@ccgmail.com <naldous@ccgmail.com>
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> >I would think that a lot of torque and horsepower would be lost through the
> >rubber rotoflex.
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> Lost where? I mean, where would it go?
What little is lost, is lost in stretching the rubber, which always
takes a little more energy than what it 'gives back' when it returns to
it's original shape. The loss goes to heat, heating the rubber. As I
said before, it sure isn't much, or the rubber would melt.
> And do you think that Lotus would stand for that?
I'm sure Lotus understands the engineering tradeoffs as well as anyone,
but I've never heard that they were 'into' ultra-low-loss drivetrains.
I thought they concentrated more on handling, which is why you very
rarely see a Lotus at the drag strip <g>
Randall
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