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From: "Glenn F. Gorsuch" <ggorsuch@****.CSUCHICO.EDU>
Subject: transmission formulae
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 93 17:12:33 PST
First of all, let's hear it for those wonderful graphic calculators! A few
minutes with a calculator, and a little thought about the transmission of my
poor
disassembled truck produces a curve sorta like Y={sq rt.}X...it's steep at
first (acceleration) and then slows down as you reach the maximum velocity for
that gear (which it approaches asymptotically). this is for just one gear.
Somewhere before you start maxing out, you'd switch gears and the curve would
start over again, this time taking a little longer to reach it's max, and so
forth. The problem with all this is that the formulae get messy, which is
something out Fearless Leader is trying to avoid.

But in the middle of trying to figure all this out, not to mention a way to
represent all this mess with text, a thought struck me (thwap!).

If you watch _Beyond 2000_, you know that the auto companies are trying to
come up with a practical way to have an infintiely adjustable transmission.
In other words, it automatically adjusts to precisely the power/load ratio that
is most efficient at that time. There are some prototypes that seem promising.
Can we assume that in 60-odd years, they'll have it? This makes the equations
simple.
Velocity=PowerApplied*Q
Q is just some odd constant that has to do with the mass of the vehicle, the
streamlining, etc.

in other words, with this infinitely adjustable gearing, it's a simple linear
equation, and doesn't need any strange sqare roots or the like.

Sorry I don't have time to work any of the rest out right now...but dinner
calls, and I wouldn't miss Hula's, even for this. See what the rest of you
can work out before I get back.

Glenn F. Gorsuch who is Sable, Goldeneye, et al.
ggorsuch@******.ecst.csuchico.edu
"Once the sword is drawn, there are no rules." -Steve Perry, _Black Steel_
My thoughts, my problems....flames can got to Hell, where they belong!

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