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Default The physics of cars - a question sequence.

On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 22:21:52 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:

Having said that, it's not particularly useful unless you've got an
infinitely variable transmission because fixed gearing will only allow
max power to be applied at the road at a few discrete speeds - not over
the whole speed range.


Well...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variomatic

(Not that DAFs were known for neck-snapping acceleration, or anything other than
going backwards real fast...)


Thomas Prufer