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Old 06-28-2016, 12:43 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
I read about this project.
IIRC they found they could accelerate faster by carefully controlling the speed of the wheels to some precalculated rate rather than relying on traditional traction control, so they could operate on the limit all the time.
TC would take it slightly over the limit, then fall back behind to regain the correct speed.
That makes a whole lot of sense.

And with the electric motors, they can control the exact rate of wheelspin, so even if they lose traction, they still get linear acceleration.

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