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zeropointbug · 04.17.2007, 07:32 PM

there are losses in the transmissions... but being warm is nothing to be worried about. Do you have lube or grease on the gears? I don't think there would be anything you can do minimize drive train resistance, unless you designed one yourself that was very efficient, but you won't gain much. I was just pointing out a statement that the power requirements are more than the square of the speed... more of the drag are at the tires to be honest, and you can only have so little drag their before it's not a tire anymore. (that's what a tire is... right? :027: :eek: )

You COULD attach CD's to your car and that would give more speed? :005:

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zeropointbug Z-Pinch racer Offline Posts: 3,141 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SK, Canada	04.17.2007, 07:32 PM there are losses in the transmissions... but being warm is nothing to be worried about. Do you have lube or grease on the gears? I don't think there would be anything you can do minimize drive train resistance, unless you designed one yourself that was very efficient, but you won't gain much. I was just pointing out a statement that the power requirements are more than the square of the speed... more of the drag are at the tires to be honest, and you can only have so little drag their before it's not a tire anymore. (that's what a tire is... right? :027: :eek: ) You COULD attach CD's to your car and that would give more speed? :005: “The modern astrophysical concept that ascribes the sun’s energy to thermonuclear reactions deep in the solar interior is contradicted by nearly every observable aspect of the sun.” —Ralph E. Juergens