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'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
Mr Thant wrote
On 4 Feb, 01:34, "Andrew Heenan" wrote: At the risk of being boring, bendies have managed perfectly well in Europe for 40 or 50 years; why is it that they don't have all these problems, if they are are 'design weaknesses'? Rear-engined bendy buses are a modern invention - there's some ridiculously complicated hydraulics and computer control in the hinge to stop them jacknifing constantly. It's a miracle they work at all, and I can well imagine the system can't cope at all with icy roads (or more specifically, the centre axle losing grip and sliding sideways). Check the list of icy European countries and the number of years rear-engined bendy buses have operated in each ? Front-engined bendy buses have no such concerns, as they're no different from an ordinary single decker with a trailer. Or Artics, which which were required to add anti-jacknifing hydraulics twenty years back. -- Mike D |
'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
Mr Thant gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying: Rear-engined bendy buses are a modern invention I must have imagined catching them in Sheffield in the very early '80s, then. Definitely rear-engined. http://www.geocities.com/transportpa...ve/bendy04.JPG |
'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
Mr Thant wrote:
snip Rear-engined bendy buses are a modern invention - there's some ridiculously complicated hydraulics and computer control in the hinge to stop them jacknifing constantly. snip Actually you couldn't be further from the truth. The articulated joint (manufactured by Hubner) is very simple comprising of a large centre rotating bearing and two self contained hydraulic rams to passively counteract the jacknife effect. Link here http://ischmelzer.com/HNG19_5.html The same unit is fitted to both the Scania and Volvo bendies. The computer control is to let the front half know where the back half is going so the engine and ABS systems can apply power and brake in the right proportion. Bob |
'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
Andrew Heenan wrote:
"martyn dawe" wrote .. yes but happens if the bus gets into a bit of a slide or cannot get traction going round corners, something some of the drivers don't seem to have mastered in dry weather ? I've never experienced that, and I was writing on the basis that they'd be using appropriately trained drivers. (silly old me, huh?) I can't remember if it was a bendy bus, but I missed a train in Geneva one winter because the bus I was on had hit a parked car. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
On Feb 2, 8:21*pm, Tom Barry wrote:
I'm not actually aware of any bendy routes operating today, except the 29 and that was rumoured to be with double-deckers. *I'd love to know the truth of what happened there. As spotted he http://flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/3249362458/ |
'S no Problem! London Rescued By Bendy Buses
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, martin wrote:
On Feb 2, 8:21*pm, Tom Barry wrote: I'm not actually aware of any bendy routes operating today, except the 29 and that was rumoured to be with double-deckers. *I'd love to know the truth of what happened there. As spotted he http://flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/3249362458/ That's just round the corner from my house! tom -- GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN [...] will ultimately make all other forms of music both redundant and unnecessary -- NTK |
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