From:	"Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject:	Re: R2 bites... let's fix it! (Also: Attention Car enthusiasts)
Date:	Mon, 11 May 1998 10:34:48 -0400

Alfredo B. Alves wrote:
>>>So, who wants to help? I'm looking fer peeps who are car
>>>(/boat/plane/etc) savy since I'm not. I'm not sure how to do this,
>
>>Well, have you asked Jon Szeto? He's pretty vehicle savvy... :-)
>
>I would think he's kinda busy ... (If he's not, it'd really rock to get
>get his help :)

Well, if you don't ask...

>>>private e-mail? or on RN? what are your thoughts? also, I anybody
>capable of >>converting specifications into game terms? (ie from
>"braking from x speed it >>went y feet" and "0-60 in x secs"
get Accel?)
>I already
>
>>This is easy. Apart from that icky "feet" thing - go Metric!
>
>Yah, but I live in the states so most measurements I get are prolly gonna
>be in the English sys ...

Well, R2 is in metric so you might as well convert those
measurements... :-)

>>>"fixed" the winches: Cost should be 1/2 load rating. Anybody else
got
>>>any fixes? (and no, going back to RBB does not count as a fix... ;)
>
>>Why should the winch cost change? Just switch to a higher or lower
>>gear ratio as the load changes - more teeth won't cost more money...
>
>???? That last bit I don't understand ... (I implied I wasn't vehicle
>savy for a reason ...) However I based the prices on a site I found on

Well, if you want a given motor to be able to pull more weight, you
can trade off torque for RPMs. Think of a bicycle chain - you can
only pedal so hard, but you can turn that constant energy source into
high torque (low gear for going up hills, which is basically a higher
load) or into high RPMs (high gear for going flat or downhill - a
much lower load). So the only things that you have to worry about
changing are how strong the cable is and how strong the mount is,
but cable is cheap, and so are bolts. So we can pretty much ignore
them...

>the net. Since 1 US$ ~= 1 nuyen (I understand this is based on comparing

$1 US is about 0.5Y, IIRC - I think it's listed in Denver...

>McDonalds to the soy-burger joint in NAGRL), the prices came to be about
>1/2 Load rating ...
>The site's url is: http://www.accessoryworldinc.com/

I don't see how you got Cost = 1/2 Load from that - I took a look
at the truck winches, and you can basically double the load for
$100-150. 100Y would be 0.1 DP per doubling... Not significant. :-)

James Ojaste