Who'd a thunk...??

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GAHorn
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Who'd a thunk...??

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This old dog learned something .... I’d never have believed a solid steel driveshaft/u-joint combination would spin at different velocities along the shaft.

https://youtu.be/Idk3BVDVHq4
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gahorn wrote:This old dog learned something .... I’d never have believed a solid steel driveshaft/u-joint combination would spin at different velocities along the shaft.

https://youtu.be/Idk3BVDVHq4
I was just laying in bed the other night contemplating this....... :?
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That’s why constant velocity joints were invented. :wink:
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cessna170bdriver wrote:That’s why constant velocity joints were invented. :wink:
Yes, but who would ever have thought it was invented in the mid-1600’s !!
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons. ;)
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