From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Feb 12 2006 - 10:06:42 PST
At 11:57 AM -0500 2/12/06, Dan Maguire wrote:
>I have to admit that I thought the Scammell
>Explorer was a bit odd looking until I saw it in
>action - now that's a suspension system.
They're primative that's for sure, but the
suspension arrangement is pretty darn cool. Front
axle is pivoted in the center so it has some
tremendous articulation. The Fenders have to be
attached to the axle, not the chassis or body,
there just wouldn't be enough clearance. Then
there's that back axle. Yes Axle, 2 Differential
driving a walking beam housing on each side
through chains to the wheel. This allows the
maximum amount of articulation of the wheels on
the left to be completely opposite of those
wheels on the right. And they're not twisting
around so you get a good contact patch.
Check out the two film clips on
http://freespace.virgin.net/scammell.man/index2.htm
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