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Old 11-01-2011, 11:07 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Right, the regenerative shocks that Levant make are hydraulic, with a small turbine and a generator as the load/dampener, and it can be used to vary the dampening, but this uses some power. If it is just used as "passive" dampening like a standard shock, then it would generate power to charge the battery.

Large truck tires -- mudders and oversized offroad tires have this undamped spring issue.
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