[ODE] Throttle 2 Engine 2 Wheels ..

[Amund Børsand]

Do you have a torque curve for the engine? If so, I think you could just
set vel=rpm/gear and Fmax=enginetorque*gear, where gear is the ratio to
one of the current gear (i.e. 1st gear can be 4 as in 4:1)

Bodo Pfeifer <bodo.pfeifer at fakt-software.de> skreiv:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently implementing ODE in an arcade style racer.
> The car is driving with an acceptable behaviour. The problem I now
> have is the gearbox.
> 
> I read a lot of car physics paper and stuff .. but I don't get it..
> 
> Can someone give me a brief explanation about the gearbox basics ?
> 
> What I mean is .. what do I have to do get the dParamVel2 and
> dParamFMax2 for the hinge2's out of the throttle value between 0 and
> 1.
> 
> I read about enging torque and gear-ratio and stuff, but what has to
> be calculated in which order to get a simple engine-gearbox system.
> Without engine-friction and so ..
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bodo Pfeifer
> 
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