• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I don’t get what this does or what’s the benefit. There’s still a cv-joint there. Otherwise the wheels can’t turn

        • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          The video shows how their gears go up down and side to side to perform the function of a cv joint. So whatever that cv looking thing is, it’s not a cv joint.

          • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
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            11 months ago

            If it was just a solid axle going from the motor to the uniwheel you couldn’t steer the car. It doesn’t allow for such movement.

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                11 months ago

                Can’t really do that, u-joints and cv’s work in pairs to balance the angular change

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              11 months ago

              The motor could turn with the wheel. You could have a wheel-motor without the excessive unsprung weight of the motor components.

    • IDeserveToBeLoved@szmer.info
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      11 months ago

      It’s a bit overcomplicated wheel reductor hub, used in some trucks and widespread in heavy equipement, but the input shaft can move a bit. And the artictle doesn’t mention anything about oil in it or how it is sealed.