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"I also suspect that the power from an ICE is pulsating as the cylinders fire which cause the tires to have a tendency to lose traction." Anyone knows whether
by Yaggo 14y ago
"I also suspect that the power from an ICE is pulsating as the cylinders fire which cause the tires to have a tendency to lose traction."
Anyone knows whether that is true? ICE uses a flywheel, cannot it fully smooth the action?
- lutusp 14y agoIt's not true. For a modern eight-cylinder internal combustion engine with a flywheel and a balanced, counterweighted crankshaft, there's no significant pulsation present in the output power train. If there were, it would quickly destroy the transmission and rear differential. There are a number of excellent reasons to suppress any significant pulsation in the power from an ICE, and the flywheel is the primary way to accomplish this.