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Newbie: Disco 6x6 from Spain


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  • 2 weeks later...

Found this via Yahoo article today on odd ideas?

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Front axle is fixed by the looks of it and it is designed to cross ditches.

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"Super tank: A car with five axles and ten wheels which is able to run through ditches of a metre deep and almost two metres wide, and down slopes of degrees with a speed of 65 km per hour in 1936. (Mary Evans Picture Library/CATERS NEWS)"

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Question on the walking beam setup. If one had the two rear axles mounted directly to the chassis on air bags. Then connect the left two bags, and the right two bags together with a large diameter pneumatic pipe. Would that not provide a good walking beam effect? As soon as the middle left wheel goes under compression, the air travels to the rear left and pushes harder down on it.

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Question on the walking beam setup. If one had the two rear axles mounted directly to the chassis on air bags. Then connect the left two bags, and the right two bags together with a large diameter pneumatic pipe. Would that not provide a good walking beam effect? As soon as the middle left wheel goes under compression, the air travels to the rear left and pushes harder down on it.

Yes that will work. There is a member on AULRO forums in Australia with a LandRover Special Projects 6x6 that is doing just as you describe. The members username is 'Lotsa Landies' if you want to look him/her up.

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Thanks Bill for sharing your encyclopaedic knowledge

You're welcome. If a control valve system was fitted so that the pressure in the airbags on the leading rear axle could be increased independent of the rear axle then floatation of the vehicle's front tyres could be improved for when crossing very soft sand or swampy terrain.If pressure in the rearmost airbags could be increased independently of the leading axle. this will give higher ground contact pressure for firm, slippery conditions and also a longer 'effective' wheelbase for stability on very steep gradients .

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