... Mind you... thats my subjective observation under the influence of Valium... which make anything look good [even Roy]. In the real word for proper tilters...
Hello My name is Michael and I have been lurking here for quite a long time (years). Even thought the discussion and terminology goes over my head quite often....
... what you mean to do but HONDA used a similar system in their 4WS motor car.... based on the Prelude?... not sure of the name of it. It was mechanical and...
Hi Mitch (All), The message(s) bellow, witch you intended to send to the group yesterday, accidentally showed up in my outlook express spam folder! Bob... ...
... [snip] ... yet as the starting point for the shape was going to be a canopy from a glider...but seeing as they cost the wrong side of a grand it has failed...
Ofen enough people experiment with various transmission ratios between control element and steered wheel on STV and virtual STV designs, and all seem to say...
snip ... That is not correct. Who are all these people? ... The gearing for a force control is likely to be different for each machine, so I see no reason why...
... to catch up with you... Your site does not go into the tilting control to any extent, I assume its manual countersteer controlled.? I understand you...
Hi everyone, According to the news report linked below the USA Department of Transportation say, "All new vehicles will be required to have anti- rollover...
... Phillip here, you for one.. dozens of others I have read about etc etc... Tony Foal... the guys at Elf... like I said its ofen done ... observations. ......
... In the electronic systems the steerable wheels are induced to automatically steer[ by various means], independent of driver input. This gives the vehicle...
... Cynic that I am, I can see this being like ABS and 4WD. It does nothing to reduce total KSI rates. What it does is instil a false sense of security in the...
... I explained below why in some of my bikes it works better at 1:1, but I have also used gearing up because it was better in that application. The 3-in-line...
... driver may overdo his control input. This has nothing to do with putting others at risk. Anything that enables control to be maintained through this...
... feedback from variation of the steer transmission ratio on a STV.... but now I have. I feel it should be "standard practise" to experiment... and dont...
... See below: snip ... Because I use non parallel steering and handlebar axes on one of my FFs, I have a lower gearing at large lock than at small lock...
... Not so simple. Phillip is grossly over simplifying the situation. He apparently does not understand risk compensation. Consider my view: We take an example...
... problems" ? In tilting@yahoogroups.com, "Arthur Middleton home" <artmidd@...> ... STV.... ... operating ... control ... be ... my FFs, I have a lower ... ...
... to get about fast and arrive in one piece. When they put their foot on the brakes they expect it to stop... depending on how hard they push then.... thats...
... But until someone gets some data to back the assertion that easier to control vehicles crash less, why are we doing it? Otherwise it is just a scheme...
Everyone is different... I for one dont necessarily subscribe to this "risk compensation" notion. The first point is that it depends on your age and mental...
... A standard Cardan joint is difficult to set up with zero play and very low friction, which is the first practical problem. The theoretical problems are...
... fatalities are simply a messy necesity. We need to get about fast and we need to get about efficiently and we need to take up less space doing it... and...
... very low friction, which ... Phillip here...."very low friction" seems to be exactly what I have on mine... and... zero play. True I did some work on the...
... Phillip chooses, as is his right, to ignore statistical evidence and human behaviour. ... No, I didn't. I said Motorcycles have little protection in a...