Steer by wire..... No column

[Tony]

With the initiation of the compact car the development has reached a stage were the design excludes a steering column, instead the car is 'Steer by wire' How do you feel about this direct mechanical detachment from the wheels.

[Mat]

from some development cars ive seen last year there still is a column, for safety, as with the Lexus, which has drive by wire throttle, theres still an accelerator cable

[Tony]

from some development cars ive seen last year there still is a column, for safety, as with the Lexus, which has drive by wire throttle, theres still an accelerator cable

wire throttle + accelerator cable........ Tiss the same thing. Anyhoo how would you feel driving the Monster (drive by wire)...... or could you even imagine Drifting by wire? and the inevitable electromagnetic sabotage at race days .... Julian with a microwave transmitter

[Mat]

from some development cars ive seen last year there still is a column, for safety, as with the Lexus, which has drive by wire throttle, theres still an accelerator cable

wire throttle + accelerator cable........ Tiss the same thing.

 

 

not really, the cable is, just that a sleaved cable , the fly by wire throttle uses a varible resistance sensor on the throttle pedal or throttlebody(is200) and converts this signal for the ecu which then tells the throttle stepper motor what and how much to turn, if the system fails the mechanical cable still acts, on the throttle but the engine will only run in limp mode

 

 

a similer fall back is used in steer by wire systems, there will always be a mechanical fall back

[Tony]

from some development cars ive seen last year there still is a column, for safety, as with the Lexus, which has drive by wire throttle, theres still an accelerator cable

wire throttle + accelerator cable........ Tiss the same thing.

 

 

not really, the cable is, just that a sleaved cable , the fly by wire throttle uses a varible resistance sensor on the throttle pedal or throttlebody(is200) and converts this signal for the ecu which then tells the throttle stepper motor what and how much to turn, if the system fails the mechanical cable still acts, on the throttle but the engine will only run in limp mode

 

 

a similar fall back is used in steer by wire systems, there will always be a mechanical fall back

 

Redundancy...... That does explain your post.....Steer by wire reads worrying for us old boys on the block..... what if the wet cell does a Kamikaze during the winter..... all we would have is wobbly steering wheel, and no steering action....