05/07/2018

Reconfigurable Wheel Track & Extreme Travel Suspension By DARPA

Wheels permit fast travel on hard surfaces while tracks perform better on soft surfaces. A team from Carnegie Mellon University National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU NREC) demonstrated shape-shifting wheel-track mechanisms that transition from a round wheel to a triangular track and back again while the vehicle is on the move, for instant improvements to tactical… Continue reading Reconfigurable Wheel Track & Extreme Travel Suspension By DARPA

International MaxxForce DT Diesel Engine Worn Out Analysis

Did you watch this video? Look at all of that smoke coming out of the oil fill tube. That is severe blowby caused by compression escaping by the piston rings and getting into the crankcase creating pressure. This International MaxxForce DT is a 2011 diesel engine that needs some rebuilding to get it back to… Continue reading International MaxxForce DT Diesel Engine Worn Out Analysis