Not Kubota related, but interesting...

[Lil Foot]

 

[aaluck]

Interesting. There are some very smart folks out there.

 

[Pawnee]

Cool idea.

 

[Yooper]

Just don’t take that shortcut through the scrapyard! Or park it in my shop next to the lathe or mill.

I give the guy a lot of credit. He is very thorough with his testing

 

[GreensvilleJay]

must live in 'flatland'..... you NEED gears anywhere around my part of the Earth.

The 'eddy current' principle is used on those 'freefall drop -scare the beejeebers out of you' rides
100% failsafe, no power needed, NO COMPUTER to 'crash'.....

 

[The Evil Twin]

Some of the best inventions are born from inventions that didn't work as intended.
Pretty cool stuff!

 

[PoTreeBoy]

must live in 'flatland'..... you NEED gears anywhere around my part of the Earth.

The 'eddy current' principle is used on those 'freefall drop -scare the beejeebers out of you' rides
100% failsafe, no power needed, NO COMPUTER to 'crash'.....

Yeah, that's an interesting mechanism, but it doesn't have any torque multiplication for climbing hills. There's always some slippage and eliminating the brakes and free-wheeling are not improvements.