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Old 12-15-2008, 11:26 PM   #8
MerF
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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome View Post
You could get some serious torque out of such a thing.
In my off-roading adventures, I was rarely thinking "if only I had more torque I could have made it up this terrain. About 70% of the time it was traction, 20% of the time it was "will my truck drown", 6% of the time it was "will I flip" and the last 4% of the time it was "there's not enough torque to pull me up this incline when all other conditions are met".

Not to mention the slight aversion to water that electric motors DON'T have.
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