Re: Wed nite drags

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Sun May 10 1998 - 18:23:12 EDT


Hey Jon let us know when you get one built, I'd like to have the materials
list, assembly directions, etc.. I'm sure I could put one together, and
heck what I couldn't figure out I'd let my roommate do for me (He's an
electrical engineer with a minor in computer engineering)... I think I
could do it without blowing up half of GA (That'd be good wouldn't it
Robert blows up half of N.C. and me half of GA, that'd be the end of the
huge population growth in the South ;)...)

Bruce

>
> I can see me getting the instructions off the DML to make that thing, and ending up killing
> half of Missouri (or North Carolina if I do it during school.) I believe you when you say
> it's possible. Good luck, and have fun playing with hot things and soft metal.
> Later,
> Robert
>
> Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 9 May 1998, WillTier wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 98-05-08 00:04:32 EDT, you write:
> > >
> > > << I'm not 100% sure wether its
> > > possible or not, but if we pull it off, any DML'er who is handy with a
> > > soldering iron will be able to build their own... >>
> > >
> > > Now I realize you 2 birds is purdy smart but this doesn't sound like a parts
> > > available knowledge capable kind of a ordeal. How would it work, hooked to a
> > > laptop or something ? I think maybe you'se guys have been shifting to many
> > > gears...
> > >
> >
> > Well, all of us 5-speed guys is purdy smart. :-) You've let yourself go into
> > a slump because of a lack of shifting; gotta keep the brain active, ya know? ;-)
> >
> > As far as the parts go, I guess it depends on what you consider available... All
> > the parts needed are available through mail order. The way we're planning to do it
> > is to use IC microprocessors. Depending on how things work out, it might be able
> > to connect to a laptop too (which would give you a lot more info than the microprocessors
> > could, like an entire torque/hp curve mapped over RPM, etc. We'll be using an
> > accelerometer just like the g-tech, but we're also playing with some ideas the g-tech
> > doesn't touch, like reading the RPM directly from the engine via an inductive pickup,
> > which will allow us to calculate torque and not just HP, etc. (Would turn your car
> > into a rolling dyno...) It'll allow you to correct for weather and stuff too. Of
> > course, it'll give you 0-60 and 1/4 mile like the g-tech but also 1/8 mile, etc. Its
> > still very much in the design phase, but it is definitely do-able. The one big limiting
> > factor will be the capability of the microprocessors.
> >
> > -Jon-
> >
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