Re: Torsen Threads <*all*>

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <0.b9112594.253f115a@aol.com> QSHIPQ@aol.com writes:

> Either get Dave's reference, or have Dave e-mail you privately.  These are
> the exact two inputs that make the device allocate torque.  For some
> credibility to this, at 45m radius at a given accel, fully loaded, dry cf,
> 80q, the torque dist due to slip angle differences *ONLY* is 62r/38f.  At 15m
> the torsen is at the Bias Ratio (75r/25f) due to slip angle differences only.

The torque distribution, until one axle slips, is 50/50.  The axles
rotate at different speeds in a turn, and with equal torque delivery
there is certainly a _POWER_ split.  But not a _TORQUE_ split - that's
entirely an internal consideration.

The Torsen doesn't care about corners.  It can't 'see' corners - it
has no sensors whatever.  All it has is an input shaft supplying
torque and two output shafts to which it delivers that torque.

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 Phil Payne
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