How to describe gears...
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How to describe gears...
Sorry for another gear thread.
This is a specific question that I didn't want to jump on some other thread.
I was thinking about how to describe how gears make a car faster. I know they don't add HP, but they feel like added HP.
So I was wondering if it'd also be similar to subtracting weight from the car.
If gears have a 10% reduction in *blank* (I don't know the word, something like resistance to turning).
If you took 10% weight off your car but kept the stock gears they'd have 10% less resistance to turning. It'd feel as if you had a 10% reduction in gears.
Would that be something like what you're getting with gears?
<I know there are other things about subtracting weight such being as easier to stop and turn, I'm just talking about the acceleration advantage you get from weight loss>
This is a specific question that I didn't want to jump on some other thread.
I was thinking about how to describe how gears make a car faster. I know they don't add HP, but they feel like added HP.
So I was wondering if it'd also be similar to subtracting weight from the car.
If gears have a 10% reduction in *blank* (I don't know the word, something like resistance to turning).
If you took 10% weight off your car but kept the stock gears they'd have 10% less resistance to turning. It'd feel as if you had a 10% reduction in gears.
Would that be something like what you're getting with gears?
<I know there are other things about subtracting weight such being as easier to stop and turn, I'm just talking about the acceleration advantage you get from weight loss>
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The best way would be through simple everyday devices, such as a pulley:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/pulley.htm
It is a force/distance tradeoff.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/pulley.htm
It is a force/distance tradeoff.
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