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Re:How The Koenigsegg Regera Hits 248 MPH Without A Gearbox ... by EmbarrassedFuel on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:30AM (#18272820)
This is how tanks steer! And also (to some extent) why using them on roads ruins the roads. If you tried in a traditionally wheeled car then all of the drive shafts would snap though!
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Re:How The Koenigsegg Regera Hits 248 MPH Without A Gearbox ... by ddalex on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:10AM (#18273194)
I used to think that the treads actually ruin the road because it changes to contact surface on which you apply the power differential from a line (on a tire) to a rectangle(the tread), i.e. it tries to rotate a flat surface which can't be rotated, so somethings got to give. Arguably a tire wouldn't have the same problem.
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