Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 2m Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 02/03/07 03:35 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 03:35 PM May not but its worth a look.Borrowed from another forum.....The Thompson Coupling.The Thompson Coupling is essentially two Cardan joints assembled coaxially where the cruciform-equivalent members of each are connected to one another by trunnions and bearings which are constrained to continuously lie on the homokinetic plane of the joint.http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s1849939.htmhttp://cvcoupling.com/Not real sure on its high performance applications but it is Aussie ingenuity at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 3m 18d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 02/03/07 04:04 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 04:04 PM (edited) Dont think I have ever seen a piece of unengineered, breakable crap this year,... Congrats dags... If you were to build those out of a steel or carbon based product that could sustain the forceses that a datsun 180b would exercise on them it would cost you in excess of a million dollors.. If you need me to show you the forces upon the delicate angles, related to the products that could handle those force, just give me a PM and I will make an effort to show you.... All forces are sheer and can be quantified immdiatly............This is a car site not a fairy site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Crap dags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wouldnt even run a sewing machine Edited 02/03/07 04:06 PM by Blonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6man Lifetime Members 4,084 Member For: 22y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: South Coast NSW Posted 02/03/07 11:06 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 11:06 PM Dont think I have ever seen a piece of unengineered, breakable crap this year,... Congrats dags... If you were to build those out of a steel or carbon based product that could sustain the forceses that a datsun 180b would exercise on them it would cost you in excess of a million dollors.. If you need me to show you the forces upon the delicate angles, related to the products that could handle those force, just give me a PM and I will make an effort to show you.... All forces are sheer and can be quantified immdiatly............This is a car site not a fairy site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Crap dags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wouldnt even run a sewing machine←Hmmm ... looks like it is based on the common ol' universal - they seem to handle BIG horsepower/torque and huge loads. Still the only thing used in 400hp 70tonne semis/roadtrains etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geohatrick Member 11 Member For: 17y 10m 20d Location: Sydney Posted 02/03/07 11:56 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 11:56 PM I saw this when it was on the new inventors and I do remember him saying that he had them running on two reasonably big engines (cant remeber the size 24hours a day as a test for durability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyxr Donating Members 132 Member For: 21y 3m 5d Location: Sydney Posted 03/03/07 12:21 AM Share Posted 03/03/07 12:21 AM I saw the same show and they are capable of handling high torque etc. Inventor has been testing them for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 20d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 03/03/07 10:03 PM Share Posted 03/03/07 10:03 PM Dont think I have ever seen a piece of unengineered, breakable crap this year,... Congrats dags... If you were to build those out of a steel or carbon based product that could sustain the forceses that a datsun 180b would exercise on them it would cost you in excess of a million dollors.. If you need me to show you the forces upon the delicate angles, related to the products that could handle those force, just give me a PM and I will make an effort to show you.... All forces are sheer and can be quantified immdiatly............This is a car site not a fairy site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Crap dags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wouldnt even run a sewing machine←I see you've been reading "How to make friends and influence people" again Scotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 6m 24d Gender: Male Posted 03/03/07 11:22 PM Share Posted 03/03/07 11:22 PM They aren't made for high power cars, as they are big as is, and making them out of larger, stronger parts just makes them freaking hugeThey are more for trucks, as they reduce the driveline losses by 7% or something I thinkI cbf reading the artical again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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