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Old 01-07-2009, 01:33 PM   #139 (permalink)
bennelson
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Seeing as how Citicars only have 3 speeds, 256 would be plenty!

You might also want to check how you do a "speed of response" to the throttle.

The Alltrax controller on my motorcycle has a slider control in the programming interface to make the controller LESS responsive to the throttle.

I used this feature to make the throttle slightly less responsive, because it was otherwise hard to hold a steady speed in town. I would hit a bump, my hand would twist the throttle the tiniest bit, which would make the motorcycles speed jerk up and down quickly, which, would further shake my hand.

Kinda the same feeling as when you let out the clutch in 1st gear in a car wrong and it does that front/back lurch.

This shouldn't be nearly as big of a deal in a car, as you are still using a transmission, but on my motorcycle - directly driven by a chain, it could have been an issue without that adjustment.
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