Re: (ET) I was wondering

[Steve Welch <swelch dejazzd com>]

Huh.  I would have thought more like a posi.  In a situation where one 
wheel has no traction, an open (regular) differential will throw all the 
power to the wheel with no traction, right?  The electrics won't know (or 
care) that one wheel has no traction - the opposite wheel (with traction) 
will continue to have just as much power as before.  Wouldn't that be more 
like what a posi does?


On Jun 8, 2013, at 10:58 PM, David Tiefenbrunn wrote:

> On 6/8/2013 5:29 PM, Geof Thompson wrote:
>> Hi
>> I got thinking (which is always a good thing). If two motors were
>> connected in series, but with opposite polarity. Then mounted end to
>> end, what would happen if they were used as a rear axle? would they act
>> like a differential or would they work like a posi- trac.
> 
> They would work like a regular differential.  I've thought about it, and 
> verified with a pair of small motors.
> 
> 
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