Fully enclosed motorcycles could form the basis for extremely fuel and space efficient vehicles, but their inherent instability upon encountering even a momentary loss of traction renders them unsuitable for general use. It will be shown that a relatively simple tilt control system using a gyroscope to provide a tilt control moment is capable of stabilizing the vehicle at still stand or at speed on a very low traction surface. Furthermore, the system can achieve a coordinated turn on high traction surfaces. Since the gyro is an energy storage device, it can be used also in a hybrid system to provide extra power for acceleration and to recover some energy during braking. This relatively old idea should be reconsidered in light of the improved electromechanical devices, which have been developed recently for hybrid electric vehicles.
Tilt control for gyro-stabilized two-wheeled vehicles
Vehicle System Dynamics ; 37 , 2 ; 145-156
2002
12 Seiten, 7 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Tilt Control for Gyro-Stabilized Two-Wheeled Vehicles
Online Contents | 2002
|Tilt Control for Gyro-Stabilized Two-Wheeled Vehicles
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2002
|Tilt control for gyro-stabilized two-wheeled vehicles
Automotive engineering | 2002
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