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Plus it would be better to minimize the loads on the cooling system until the car actually needs all of it's power to keep accelerating.
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I own both of those cars in Gran Turismo and it's a crime that they are only available as low-res models  This thing here rules, it's an early navigator. You manually loaded a map of your area (they were printed on transparent plastic) and manually gave it a fix on your current location. It would track your movements through a combination of accelerometers and an internal compass, and show your position on the map on the CRT screen, with a marker that shone through the map slide. It was finicky and extremely expensive, and couldn't even give directions, and ultimately a flop. Why not use GPS you ask? because it came out in 1981, predating the civilian availability of GPS by several years The cutout device in the back is the internal gyroscope that was used to measure rotation and acceleration
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Holy poo poo automotive navigation by dead reckoning. That is the most perfect post for this thread.
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hackbunny posted:I own both of those cars in Gran Turismo and it's a crime that they are only available as low-res models According to the Honda writeup about theirs, they also had trouble sourcing appropriate maps because real maps aren't quite accurate to where roads are (to prevent overlapping roads). quote:The company that had sold them the map was contacted. It was then that the team learned about the general inaccuracy of cartographic representations.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:According to the Honda writeup about theirs, they also had trouble sourcing appropriate maps because real maps aren't quite accurate to where roads are (to prevent overlapping roads). Yes, I remember that! This always was my favorite part: quote:A system that does not lie obviously means an infallible one. For example, a calculator that could not compute the correct results would not sell. The same logic applies to navigation systems. Customers wanted perfect systems, so the development staff faced tremendous pressure. In those days, Nakamura would often have dreams about evaluation tests, and in those dreams the car would deviate farther and farther away from the target route, right in front of Kawamoto. He would panic, only to wake up and find it was a dream. It was sheer torture for him.
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Was the 284mph run at Battle Mountain, NV?
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hackbunny posted:I own both of those cars in Gran Turismo and it's a crime that they are only available as low-res models  Wow that is some future tech in the most 80s way! I had that Civic in Gran Turismo as well, and it was so amazing. One of my favourite cars in the game. I won so much with that thing.
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VideoGameVet posted:Was the 284mph run at Battle Mountain, NV? According to the Jalopnik article, it was on NV 160 between Las Vegas and Pahrump, down in the SW corner of the state. Here's another video of the days' activities, taken by a journalist.
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http://fabianoefner.com/projects/disintegrating/ I want framed pictures of them all.
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Alighieri posted:http://fabianoefner.com/projects/disintegrating/ Disintegrating is a suite of images of high performance cars that appear to have blown apart. The series
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Dave Inc. posted:Disintegrating is a suite of images of high performance cars that appear to have blown apart. The series Yeah, there's really no need for them to go all artsy-fartsy, there. They're lovely technical illustrations, done in a unique and interesting way. 'Nuff said. I'm not sure this awesome of not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nLdduJzzI From: https://jalopnik.com/heres-a-handy-little-video-showing-you-all-the-honda-ci-1819984281 Comments make the excellent point about the incredible bloat from 2007 to 2016, not to mention going full cartoon with styling.
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slidebite posted:When he walks on it after he's at 180MPH I just went What got me was how much the velocity fucks with you. When he was decelerating and I thought, "oh, he's not going too fast now." *looks at speedo and sees he's still at 300km/h* 
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BlackMK4 posted:I don't think they have proper traction control yet, which is kind of funny. I'm not entirely sure about that - here's a video demonstrating their stability control system and it's pretty loving insane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ARoMMApr8
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There is another video from the same day where they absolutely light up the tires on a roll-on and appear to almost go sailing off the road sideways
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Well they do advertise stability and traction control on the product information page for the RS. Maybe it was turned off in that video?
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Unrelated but I had to post this somewhere...A great "commercial" for a used car on ebay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KlNeiY4Rf4
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I've never raced professionally but that seems like an unsafe entry back onto the track.
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Professor of Cats posted:Unrelated but I had to post this somewhere...A great "commercial" for a used car on ebay. Doesn't hold a candle to the original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr6FklMc6B0
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Enourmo posted:Doesn't hold a candle to the original. This was great! I haven't seen that before, thanks for posting it. E: LOL - an amazing follow up after Nissan bought the friggin car... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YN_gTu0brk Professor of Cats fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Nov 9, 2017 |
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Professor of Cats posted:This was great! I haven't seen that before, thanks for posting it. They even got him to record the voiceover 
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I'm a fan of this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nkStZnWo
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This one still makes me smile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmoQTSoQYo
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:I'm a fan of this one. Hahaha, that's filmed in my town. Instantly recognized the UFO water tower.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7lQUN3cgG0 I love it.
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Professor of Cats posted:This was great! I haven't seen that before, thanks for posting it. That was pretty cool of Nissan to get on that.
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InitialDave posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf62Gc8cNUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ5IEWk2iM hopefully converting older cars like this becomes a popular thing so that we may eventually get hybrid frankenstein pod racers irl 
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Man, I do not need another expensive hobby, but stuff like this makes me want to play with RC. Thief posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ5IEWk2iM I would love to convert one of my non-running RX-7s to electric. They're actually well-suited, given size and weight and the OEM engine position, but to get reasonable performance out of it would cost more than just rebuilding the rotary. Decent motors and controllers are still pretty expensive, not even getting into good batteries. And I don't want a glorified golf cart. I want at least equivalent performance to the stock 12A, and 60-100 miles range. It's unfortunate that money *is* an object. edit: I'm hoping that by the time I actually have time to mess with it, yet before I'm too decrepit to do so, the bits will have gotten significantly cheaper and more common. The controller is a big sticking point.
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Kick rear end. Any idea what chassis that is?
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RC is pretty bonkers compared to when I was a kid. The battery tech alone is light years beyond what we had in the 90's, but the motors are what really blows my mind. More power, zero maintenance brushless, and options the size of your pinky exist if you want to go small scale. Or if you want to say goodbye to your wallet and go big, take a look at the nitro powered stuff.
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battery life was the worst back in the day haha like drive it for 5-10 minutes and the pack of AAA batteries ductaped together was dead
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xzzy posted:RC is pretty bonkers compared to when I was a kid. The battery tech alone is light years beyond what we had in the 90's, but the motors are what really blows my mind. More power, zero maintenance brushless, and options the size of your pinky exist if you want to go small scale. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/60CC-High-Power-Two-cylinder-Gas-Engine-Motor-MCD-Losi-5ive-T-DBXL-HPI-KM-Rovan/32689271011.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/baja-305SS-Metal-Panic-Full-Metal-5B-gasoline/32793443362.html full aluminum baja clones with 2 cylinder 60cc engines
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Kick rear end. Any idea what chassis that is? He lists all the specs at the end of the video. Apparently what people are doing is buying the walmart car for the body and putting it on a good chassis, they stopped making the walmart car a few years ago but you can get them on ebay. Kinda surprised Tamiya doesn't make a 69 Charger body. [e] He has an outtakes video too  I'm no RC expert, but I imagine the chassis he's using isn't designed to launch off huge jumps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ahK0Kxqfg0 Applebees Appetizer fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Nov 10, 2017 |
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Applebees Appetizer posted:He lists all the specs at the end of the video. Guess that's what I get for having a short attention span  .HPI makes a Charger body, but it's for their monster trucks. Because of course it is.
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High school buddy had just finished saving up for his RC10 which at the time was THE CAR to have, put that bad boy together, then had a radio problem the first day where it stopped responding to input and tore off into the distance at full throttle and slammed into a curb. Totaled the suspension of one of the front wheels. Took a while to get funds to repair it.
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Rhyno posted:This one still makes me smile "LUXURY: 85% of Aries drivers have a fixed address." 
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xzzy posted:RC is pretty bonkers compared to when I was a kid. The battery tech alone is light years beyond what we had in the 90's, but the motors are what really blows my mind. More power, zero maintenance brushless, and options the size of your pinky exist if you want to go small scale. my work buddy has a car we take out when its dead and its stupid quick. He says that his motor is the same one they put in powerwheels.
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Thief posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ5IEWk2iM I've been following this guy's electric CRX project (guts swapped from a Leaf) for awhile now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQyZJWtDrI Running 12s is no joke.
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Professor of Cats posted:This was great! I haven't seen that before, thanks for posting it. Holy hell, that is fantastic
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