Bose auto suspensions?!

[pne]

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Originally Posted by das_bill computer controlled. I read an article on it in a car magazine. you can hit a six inch speed bump at 60mph and not even feel it. Sounds pretty cool actually.

i doubt it...but am waiting for someone to prove me wrong. I don't think even a powerful processor has the ability to change a shock's behavior in the time it takes for a wheel to travel over a speed bump at 60mph.

 

[Snake]

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Originally Posted by pne i doubt it...but am waiting for someone to prove me wrong. I don't think even a powerful processor has the ability to change a shock's behavior in the time it takes for a wheel to travel over a speed bump at 60mph.

Actually, in the test they had the car approach a large bump at over 40MPH and when it reached it...the car jumped over the bump, and was seen doing this by the media. The actuators have enough energy to push the car off the pavement by about 4 inches while at speed, IIRC, according to Dr. Bose.

(edit) One of the test reports of the suspension was in Automobile Magazine, http://www.automobilemag.com/news/0410_bose/

 

[das_bill]

Ya, 40mph, it has been a while since i read that article. But still neat stuff.

 

[pne]

so does this thing have sensors that scan the road? The video looks impressive, if that is infact the bose system at work, not simply an offroad suspension giving us that impression.

 

[XxATOLxX]

Hopefully their springs are good. But I'm guessing theyll cheap out on something (using metal

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[drewd]

Maybe he'll have the car go really fast, backwards?