D'OH ! yes indeed, I'm writing a proposal on a thing called 'Cascade Enablement' today and the word is in my head all the while !lost teh rear under cascade braking
Bob
I think you meant cadence braking....
Abs Fuse
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, Jul 15 2003 01:38 AM
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 01:36 PM
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 04:37 PM
Bob, are you a water feature installer?I'm writing a proposal on a thing called 'Cascade Enablement' today and the word is in my head all the while !
Go on, I'll take the bait, what the hell is "cascade enablement" really?
Even my friend Google returns Zero results...
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 05:49 PM
Most modern ABS systems control individual wheels anyway, but they dont actually hold the wheel at the point of lock, this is virtually impossible... remember that the pressure is just being modulated with valves (i.e. pulsed). The controller has a threshold of slip beyond which it lets the brakes off, so basically it allows pressure to build up until the wheel locks, then lets it go.... this is all done for a couple of millisecs at a time.... basically cadence braking at high speed. But the point is, its apply / release pattern still has more release in it than a good driver would have....Nick,
You say that ABS systems increase stopping distances. What about systems which control each wheel independently, allowing each wheel to be held around the point of lock up? Obviously this isn't something a driver can do, but must improve the stopping power over standard ABS systems?
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 06:06 PM
Its a very boring strategy I invented for large software businesses to provide cost effective technical support for products which have not yet reached enough critical sales mass to justify local services teams being recruited, trained and placed on standby.Bob, are you a water feature installer?I'm writing a proposal on a thing called 'Cascade Enablement' today and the word is in my head all the while !
Go on, I'll take the bait, what the hell is "cascade enablement" really?
Even my friend Google returns Zero results...
James
See? Dull. But customers pay my company GOOD for this stuff !
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Posted 17 July 2003 - 06:27 PM
Having, in a previous career, set up and run software support centres (and also spec'd escalation management systems) I can safely say I didn't understand a word of that.Its a very boring strategy I invented for large software businesses to provide cost effective technical support for products which have not yet reached enough critical sales mass to justify local services teams being recruited, trained and placed on standby.
It's a good business to be in! Just don't let BT Syntegra get involved James
PS. Sorry for the off-topic...
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Posted 18 July 2003 - 01:49 AM
Good!Lol... no offence taken, I personally didnt work on it, some of my colleagues in Germany did.... but my guys are working on advanced systems integrating ABS / VSC with Electric Steering......
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Posted 18 July 2003 - 02:00 AM
I know I keep harping on about 1st Lotus (and I am not on commision), but Andy demo'd braking from 70mph to a standstill using max brake pedal pressure (ie ABS on throughout), and also his technique of backing off a smidgen from the ABS kicking in and he could consistently stop a car lenghts distance shorter. (What a terrible sentence!)
Most of us on the day also set a benchmark using ABS and then beat it using his technique.
But there is the argument that for the day you are driving home from work at 4am when you are not at your sharpest it is a good thing.
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