John, the power steering was exactly what I was thinking. Only make it so
that the driver feels no input from the system. He turns the wheel so many
degrees and the road wheel turns as it is supposed to. When Iw as surfing I
surfed onto a paper that had to do with Volvo's ACM or active corner module.
Doohickey has a push pull system that turns the wheel, the magneto fluids
for active damping etc. Not yet on the market though..
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "john robinson" <john@engr.wisc.edu>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Cc: <drmayf@teknett.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: rws
> OK seems Mayf says the inputs from the driver are one cause of
instability,
> due to PIO (pilot induced oscillation) but he does not say that the car is
> unstable. maybe power assisted steering IS what is needed, one that slows
> down (variable power steering) . ((hey I'm stretching here, I admit) and I
> then get, from the Whitehead paper, maybe fly by wire. so what would the
> tech guys think of NO direct steering inputs? but through a "black box"?
> more of the drive 35-45-65-75 + testing for much of a meet until it was
> clear A) it didn't work, B) it did....?
>
> John Robinson, Mechanician
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