"Dave Plowman (News)" through a haze of senile
flatulence wrote in message ...

seems to have latched
on to 'in line' - does a right angle
gearbox therefore cease to exist?

The above proves how thick this one is. In-line is a 'logical' term, not
'physical'. This is obvious to anyone with half an engineering mind. Power
through...Engine - gearbox - wheels. Simple. The whole three can
physically go up and down and be in U formations if you want, but the
'logic' of the power driveline is 'in-line'...in 'series'. Get it? Of
course he can't.

The power splitter operates in 'parallel. Senile people will have
difficulty in understanding this simple concept.