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Old 09-21-2015, 08:59 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by CFECO View Post
...These machines will spin all four wheels on pavement, so power to the wheels is plenty.
Sorry I have taken it upon myself to try to steer the discussion towards actual engineering details, but I think you mean torque. power would be a function of torque * rpm. A slow turning wheel may not have much power (which is why I'm not balking at light rock climbing with a 10hp engine).

an ironic example, that you see on may rock crawlers is a winch, 4 hp and can pull it straight up a cliff. So in a way, they are already electric hybrids
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