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Old 04-01-2018, 09:58 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
But I'm not sure what had been done to keep the engines synchronized.
Maybe, the easiest system would be to place the two engines behind the rider, and join them physically, 90 degrees apart, with a double sprocket idler shaft, and drive a single rear wheel, making it a twin engine trike. Slightly lighter, easier to turn, and easier to license. The reason for connecting the engines 90 degrees out of phase is to have 4 instead of 2 power pulses per revolution. Smoother, and sounds better.
(Something like this
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