Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Right, I understand how my traction control works, that's easy, but how the hell does my car know when the front wheels are pushing wide on a corner? It's a rwd car so it isn't detecting wheelspin, it can't be using any gyroscopic sensor as it'd think it was sliding all the time.
Anyone explain it to me?
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Root
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lozarus
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
Location: Walderslade, Kent
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your right they do mate. called a yaw sensor
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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whet...
on an MX5?
Really?
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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its not YAW sensor its MY sensor
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Jake
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does it have abs?
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lozarus
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quote: Originally posted by AK
whet...
on an MX5?
Really?
sorry for not knowing which specific car everyone has.
[Edited on 20-12-2010 by lozarus]
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taylorboosh
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quote: Originally posted by jake
does it have abs?
yes, quite good pecs too
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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The BMW sorry. The most technological thing on the Mazda is the electric windows
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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ysaw sensor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_rate_sensor
measures the angle of movement against the direction of the wheels or somethin like that.
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sand-eel
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yeah yaw sensor and will have a steering angle sensor too, so obviously knows if you are going straight whilst turning the wheel (understeering).
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