The brain being a wonderful computer is poetic and a nice thought, but
unfortunately pretty optimistic in the bigger picture of things. The brain
cannot
process what it is not aware of. If you think you can feel the onset of wheel
spin
in the 5% or 10% range I think you are kidding yourself, especially while
driving
250 mph on the salt with everything else going on.. Go ask a pilot that is
flying
a difficult aircraft and things start going bad about pilot overload.
Dave Dahlgren
john backus wrote:
> As I view it, traction control is handled in two ways; the application of
> braking to the spinning tire/s and /or closing of the throttle momentarily.
> Either would be detrimental to increasing speed and handling somewhat.
> Offshore boats have a similar problem where they have a throttle man onboard
> that controls the rpms when the props are out of the water. I always wondered
> why this guy couldn't be replaced with an rpm controller. The answer to all of
> the above must be that the human brain is a fantastic computer that when it is
> in tune with the total feel of the vehicle can control the engine speed
> infinitely with the feel of the car and the sound of the engine to get the
> most out of the entire car under the current conditions. Traction control is
> great for snow and ice but I'd prefer to go by the overall feel of the car.
>
> John Backus
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nt788@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:47 PM
> To: RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net; joetimney@dol.net
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Tire reliabilty, and traction control
>
> Dear Mr. Mack don't knock it if you ain,t tried it! What if you accidentally
> built a car that didn't need traction control and somebody said you couldn't
> run until you paid Edelbrock $10,000 for his super unit! How would you like
> that? Jack
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