[Land-speed] YAW Control

[neil at dbelltech.com]

I always wondered what to do with that little rate gyro that's been sitting
on my shelf for a long time, Mayf. :)

Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of drmayf
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 5:30 PM
To: LSR
Subject: [Land-speed] YAW Control

I have been messing around building a math model of a 4 wheeled vehicle 
that I might be able touse in determining the onset of a spin or slde.  
Rather than use seat of the pants to feel the onset, I think a yaw rate 
detector would be the sensor of choice.  I think that the sensor could 
be coupled to an active yaw contol system so that the vehicle never gets 
fully involved with a spin.  I think also that mweight added to the rear 
of a vehicle for traction purposes might be used as the reaction mass in 
a control system.  Control could be through a fast acting fluid system 
ala hydraulic or pneumaic cylinder, a solenoid like device or 
magnetics.  If magnetics are used then the power requirements could be 
reduced to virtually zero.

But, I gotta ask...is yaw control legal, lol...  I know we spent a 
million words on traction control and that is simpler to implement.


just stuff for thought....

mayf
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