This sounds a little like the old "soft-pedal" pneumatic dashpot thingies
that were sold in the '70's as fuel economy devices for vans and trucks...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
To: "Craig Wright" <cwright@pdghightower.com>
Cc: "List Tiger" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Tiger throttle cable
> Craig,
>
> Sounds feasible, at first glance. Even attractive as an "ease-in"
throttle.
>
> I wonder, though, what happens when this spring starts to oscillate up
> and down? Does the throttle plate start to oscillate as well? Could
> this cause a vibrational feedback that hits the natural frequency of the
> spring/mass/throttle return spring system and cause enormous
> oscillations of the throttle plate due to length changes?
>
> Sounds like an exciting ride. (8-)
>
> Maybe even difficult to reach a specific throttle opening, or road
> speed, or acceleration rate, as this system oscillates in the normal
> fashion of a suddenly stretched spring, even without the feedback
oscillation.
>
> Just a random thought.
>
> Steve
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