<VV> Corvair half shafts...

[cash case]

Anyone have any idea why the corvair half shafts were as big as they 
are? Why didn't they use a single small solid shaft like what is use 
now and in Bugs and porsches back then. Wouldn't a smaller shaft spin 
easier or am I just a physics retard?

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