From:	Todd Montgomery <tmont@****.WVU.WVNET.EDU>
Subject:	transmission formulae revisit
Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 93 15:37:53 CET

I am kind of busy today so I will make this very short.

From: "Glenn F. Gorsuch" <ggorsuch@****.CSUCHICO.EDU>

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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.

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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The Infinitely adjustable trans you mention is being used in the auto
industry now, Not on public vehicles but on high Horse Power loaders
and such. It is called A Continuous Torgue Convertor. (CTC). And it
works pretty much like you mention.