drive-by-wire

[dzorde at aesprodata.com.au]

     Could you elaborate on this, it sounds like a brilliant idea, but how 
     does it interface to the original system ? and what is the original 
     system ?  Does the pump operate a slave cylinder that operates the 
     release arm in the gearbox ?
     
     I can see the idea, but I can't picture how the pump connects to the 
     system and operates.
     
     Dan        dzorde at aesprodata.com.au


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Subject: Re: drive-by-wire
Author:  diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu at INTERNET
Date:    10/9/96 9:24 PM

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let me add my two cents .
the next project I'll make for my van is a power clutch operated by a 
deformation
sensor on the clutch lever . so my Mcontroller can say if he's pushing 
the pedal with
x force I move the pedal down a little if the the force is between the 
limits -keep it
if under let it go up .
I found a brand new servo-steering ele-pump in a salvage yard 
I'm not sure about the speed of movement :(
but the nicest thing about it : if it fails it'll leave me with the 
orig. sys intact!
 bye
charley