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RSMick

January 11, 2013 11:18 PM
Last Edited 159 days ago

MOTOGP » Four teams to run control ECU in MotoGP 2013


No,No,No and I care passionately about the series and as I keep saying its not just about the race, its the whole event and the whole championship. I like to marvel at how these guys get these bikes round so precisely lap after lap, watch WSB and the bikes are shaking their head and looking ragged, I'm sure if you put a 20p on a corner Lorenzo would hit it every time. People keep saying the races are getting more strung out, I say it hasn't changed much in 30 years, I think for a few its just boring when Rossi isn't winning. The electronics are not just rider aids but engine aids as well, do you not find it amazing that and engine can be thrashed yet used again and again? I enjoy quotes like these from Tom Jojic "Ran the new MM spec ECU on the dyno. Looking forward to Sepang" and "Have to give Marelli people credit. Switched on people that know there stuff. Spec ECU is impressive."

RSMick

January 11, 2013 11:19 AM
Last Edited 160 days ago

MOTOGP » Four teams to run control ECU in MotoGP 2013


I wasn't referring to the racers so much. Seriously Talent, the rider is and in our lifetime will be the biggest influence on the bike, for a start he has to have the balls to keep the throttle pinned open, or go through a corner at those speeds, then get his weight and body position correct. I remember the Illmor and its biggest problem like Edwards last year, car derived software engineers who kept telling him keep the throttle on through the corners, he repilied you go out there and keep the throttle on through the corners. We saw the result when he did. A diffence between a certain 2 riders on the Ducati, one who could react fast enough and one who couldn't. I have to leave for Southall now and make the transportation of finished goods even more boring.

RSMick

January 11, 2013 10:33 AM
Last Edited 160 days ago

MOTOGP » Four teams to run control ECU in MotoGP 2013


TalentFan you are becoming a little obsessed now. The fact is, you will never replace human reaction on a bike. The logic needed to counteract problems is immense and the processor could not scan quick enough. Ok when a bike starts spinning the back wheel or wheelies. What it will never be able to do is compensate for braking too hard, pushing the front too hard, a highside, worn tyres etc. They have very advanced systems now and all these things still happen. There are so many IF's involved but it could not react enough. Once a bike is leaning over everything changes, when it brakes everything changes and only human weight transfer could react to any changes, it is a wonderful computer. Just watch Asimo how long it takes to calculate any movement he makes, also how many times he falls over. A control ECU will whatever you believe restrict that developement, Magnetti/Dorna will decide on the CPU power and memory available. If it saves any riders life its worth it,

RSMick

January 10, 2013 3:29 PM
Last Edited 160 days ago

WSBK » Customs quandary to threaten India round?


Contracts signed last April for virtually no money and nothing done until Mr Ezpeleta discovered it. The predecessors also named a circuit that is in liquidation (in another series as well), just as they did with Donington leading up to the 2010 season, then had to go cap in hand to Silverstone. The writing was on the wall 2 years ago, even though the economists on this site insisted that it was the leading light and taking over. I am sure it would have been solved by dipping quietly into reserves and handing it to the right people. Does anybody really need more evidence as to why ISM wanted shut of IMS?

RSMick

January 10, 2013 11:43 AM

MOTOGP » Four teams to run control ECU in MotoGP 2013


Then vote with your feet or channel button. Kick the manufacturers out and you will still have the same result as they feed the private chassis builder. Dorna have taken the hard line by introducing CRT and telling them there will be a spec ECU, which resulted in Honda saying they were taking their ball to WSB, which backfired. They added 2kg to the weight at the begining of last season that upset Honda. You need to read a bit deeper, most of the reporting in the paddock think that the 14 rules are a big step in the right direction, as is telling Suzuki either do it properley or not at all. Apart from saying no manufacturer involvement, bespoke chassis and production engines, tell us what else they can do, because you are almost describing F1 from 1988.


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