to The FOZ
torque can be translated to horsepower via a set up gearThe FOZ wrote: you can push a major sized hydraulic ram, or produce a ton of torque...with nil horsepower and/or dynamic range.
Engineering types, please feel free to correct me as needed.
like the gears in your car, at 1st gear your engine may be going 300hp but your axle and tires are only doing 100hp, only at 4th gear(1:1 gear) or above will your axle do make the same or more horsepower as your engine
in over 90% of your daily driving, your drivetrain rarely makes as much horspower as your engine.
so if you use hydraulics to transfer the power to your wheels there should be no issues compare to normal axles at daily driving, and there is also a torque multiplying ability with all hydraulic systems.
hydraulic systems does creat heat, but it is not necessary to get rid of,and will benefit form HERS, since providing heat to the system will actually creat pressure and hence power. hydraulic system also have the ability to acommadate KERS. Reading about the artemisip system i believe that hydraulic drive does carry an advantage, or else a normal axle with flybrid would have been chosen to do the job of double the mileage of the car.
and about the efficiency of the system read the thread about hydristor
and something for you to think about xpensive if you introduce a setup/down system it will only have greater pressure when you accelerate and since you do not operate at max power at 1:1 gear or over at the most of the times i do not think thats an issue, and if you have taken account the improvements that could be made in reducing pressure drop with in the pipes, hydraulic system could be viable.
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): funny how it reverses and goes forward without stopping the engine. Notice how the suspension is hydraulically controlled (check the variable camber). Remote controlled, it seems. Probably one of the most boring videos I've ever seen...