Re: [MV] Hydrostatic Drive

From: Buzz Szarek (buzz@toast.net)
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 20:37:22 PDT


In general they are very reliable. They've even been used in race cars (and
worked so well they were banned!).
The only problem is that they only transmit about 75% of the power fed into
them. The rest is turned into heat. Keeping them cool can be a bit of work
if you have lots of power transmitted into the system.
-=-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill George" <jangeo@2xtreme.net>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 23:27
Subject: Re: [MV] Hydrostatic Drive

> Hydrostatic drive is what most skid-steer type loaders (Bobcat) use to
> propell themselves. Don't know much about them, never had to do anything
to
> one in sixteen years of running a skid steer (other than change the
fluid)so
> they must be pretty reliable.
> Bill
> > > Does anyone know anything about Hydrostatic Drive, what it does, what
it
> > > costs, and if it can be used to convert an Amphibious Vehicle such as
a
> > DUKW
> > > to a more modern drive system.
> > >
> > > It appears on quite a few MV refit web pages, but no one appears to
> > mention
> > > what it is or what it costs.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Steve
>
>
>
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