Re: Traction Control

["DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>]

Yikes! Is this getting out of hand? Seems to me that this is not off the
shelf hardware and that it would have to be heavily integrated with the car
components. Have NASCAR actually caught anyone with traction control? Or is
this just wishful thinking on the loser's part? I have a way to control it:
if caught, the sponsor must shell out $10M bucks. Make them sign an
agreement before becoming a sponsor. And they could never again beome
sponsors. Would any large organization risk the embarrassment of cheating?
Would Tide or Viagra...I dunno. Is there one or two among the list who could
actually cobble up a quick and dirty traction control system that is
undectable? Just too weird for me...

mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Cc: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; "Land Speed List"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:46 AM
Subject: Re: Traction Control


> If I were going to do anything like this not that i would LOL.. :>) You
might do
> it a couple of different ways. First is easiest. Put a 3 axis
accelerometer
> along with a micro processor in the box that hooks to the msd. Read rpm,
g's and
> calculate rate of rpm rise. From there you can have the track mapped in
memory
> for limits on rpm rate of rise vs g's lateral and longitudinal. The second
> tougher way but not much tougher would be to have wheel speed sensors in
some
> innocuous place like the brake caliper with a wireless network
broadcasting data

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