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Does lug height change the final drive ratio on a snowmobile


f7ben

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12 minutes ago, Capt.Storm said:

so you're saying like a taller tire on a car?

A taller tire definitely makes a difference since it travels longer per revolution. A tracks length has the same revolution. The lug height should only come into play on hard pack or ice. In soft snow there should be no difference

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Just now, smokin george said:

A taller tire definitely makes a difference since it travels longer per revolution. A tracks length has the same revolution. The lug height should only come into play on hard pack or ice. In soft snow there should be no difference

right..i'm thinking..lol.

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4 minutes ago, smokin george said:

A taller tire definitely makes a difference since it travels longer per revolution. A tracks length has the same revolution. The lug height should only come into play on hard pack or ice. In soft snow there should be no difference

 

No, not really.

 

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    Only if the track was thick enough to change the radius r then the speed at wr would be influenced by it.  The speed at wR does change with the lug height but it is never in contact with the ground.
     
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1 minute ago, ArcticCrusher said:

 

No, not really.

 

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    Only if the track was thick enough to change the radius r then the speed at wr would be influenced by it.  The speed at wR does change with the lug height but it is never in contact with the ground.
     

he said on ice or hard pack.

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3 minutes ago, f7ben said:

very nice illustration crusher ..... W is the tire ....nothing else matters

Well I would not use a sleds ackward drive system to position a Robot, but its essentially a crude chain and sprocket system. 

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8 minutes ago, Capt.Storm said:

if you took a sled and checked the speed with a 121 tack at a given rpm then put a 144 track on the same sled at the same rpm would the speed still be the same if the lug height is the same on both tracks?

The top end speed should be greater. 

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5 minutes ago, f7ben said:

no ....the 144 track will make less revolutions per RPM of the motor .....the speed will be the same

A truck running at 2150 rpm with a 10x22.5 tire and then switched over to a 12x22.5 runs 12mp/h faster at the same rpm. It strange how that happens

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