| From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: R2 bites... let's fix it! (Also: Attention Car enthusiasts) |
| Date: | Mon, 11 May 1998 10:05:29 -0500 |
<James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> writes:
>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...
I did ask about the winches and he the R2 was as he intended it (although
I think he suggested substituting load for sqrt of load .... can't
remember :)
>>>>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... :-)
Yuppers, I was planning on it but I don't like it I was hoping to find
someone who was good at converting ... Oh well I'll setup a Spreadsheet
or something ... :)
>>>>"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...
ah, ok in R2 terms, what would you say the "exchange reate" would be?
and would acceleration be affected?
>>the net. Since 1 US$ ~= 1 nuyen (I understand this is based on
comparing
>$1 US is about 0.5Y, IIRC - I think it's listed in Denver...
I think you are thinking of the UCAS dollar (which is 5$ = 1 nuyen)
>>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
100Y P not .1 ... and I set up a chart of the different winches on
that site and compared their prices to the Load rating (Load=1/2 stall
rating) and on average the ratio came to about $1/1 nuyen yeilds 2 points
of load (I think for one winch, it was actual 3 points of load per
dollar/nuyen)
D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum)
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