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Re: Traction & Slipage

To: "landspeedracer" <landspeedracer@msn.com>,
Subject: Re: Traction & Slipage
From: "john backus" <34ford@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:57:01 -0500
This one I can answer from experience. In the late 80's Corvette decided to
have a tv game dash. It included digital readouts for speed and rpm's, it also
had a sort of bar graph to show both. It really sucked! I also traded for a
'37 Packard street rod sedan delivery that had Dakota digital gauges and the
tach was useless except at idle or steady throttle running. I would not
recommend digital gages- although I believe Indy and F-1 cars use them????

John

----- Original Message -----
From: landspeedracer
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 8:31 AM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land speed list
Subject: Re: Traction & Slipage

Yes, but could the drivers human eye keep up with the tach moving that fast.
Especially if it was digital?

john
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "'landspeedracer'" <landspeedracer@msn.com>; "land speed list"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: RE: Traction & Slipage


> John;
>
> The limiting factor in your tach display was probably the mechanical time
> constant of your tachometer's meter movement-- not its electronics. An
> electonic tach indicator (LED, LCD, CRT, etc) could follow those fast RPM
> jumps but I don't know if anyone makes one (yet).
>
> Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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