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New Number 10s

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  1. SRD
    Moderator

    is it just me, or are the new number 10s less agile than other Lothian buses? Especially the first week that they were on, I kept coming across them at really oblique angles to the curb, so that they were really blocking traffic.

    And even now, when riding behind them, I feel as though their blind spot is unusually large. Regularly, I sit behind them, letting them out (often because they are sticking out too far to easily go around), and it feels as though they were totally unaware that I was there. Are they just slower to get propulsion when stopped, so it seems to take them longer to pull out?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    I haven't cycled close to one yet, but they do seem bigger.

    Must be some bus experts on here.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    The new number 10 buses have a different body (Alexander Dennis) and powerplant to the existing fleet (Wright / Scania / Plaxton), but use a common (Volvo) chassis with the Wright-bodied buses. In theory they should have same wheelbase and turning circle. Perhaps they accellerate differently from the mechanical transmission versions.

    Buses are built as separate chassis and bodies that are then mated together at the point of assembly. Most variants can be swapped about to suit the end customers, so as a result sizes of things being pretty standardised.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. miggy_magic
    Member

    I saw a driver being trained on one. It wasn't one of the yellow learner buses for new drivers, so maybe they necessitate new driving skills for existing drivers, and therefore we can conclude their agility and other properties are 'different'.

    (I still can't get my iPhone 4 to work on the damn wifi, apart from one glorious 5 minute spell in Lothian Road.)

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. Morningsider
    Member

    The buses are powered by electric motors, the batteries being charged by a diesel generator. They also use regenerative braking - where energy normally wasted as heat/noise in braking is used to help re-charge the batteries. I imagine that would change their handling characteristics pretty substantially.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. steveo
    Member

    With any luck they are a bit slower off the mark and should cause less damage pulling away from bus stops.

    Posted 12 years ago #

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