emwporsche

why can't shocks that use pressurized nitrogen be interconnected?

like:

x 0
><
0 0

if the 'x' shock goes under pressure, why can't it distribute it to the others?

better than that would be this:

front

x 0

0 x

rear

the 'x' shocks are pressurized together, so are the '0's.

if the car is taking a very hard right, the front 'x' shock goes under severe pressure. But because the 'x's are interconnected it splits the pressure with the rear right 'x' shock which in fact normally has the least pressure on it.
but this splits it forcing more traction to that corner.
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far more complicated is this setup, which should be more beneficial:

------------------l
^
x 0
% --------------- @
0 0
^
-------------------l

x, 0 = the shocks
% = the pressure distributer
@ = the supplimentary compressed tank

each shock is independant of each other.
each shock has a pressure sensor.
a central brain reads the pressure sensors.
the tank supplies the extra pressure.
the distrubuter sends the correct amount to the neccessary shock(s)

so if the 'x' shock goes under pressure do to a hard right turn the brain measures the sensor, then sends the proper amount of pressure from the tank through the distributer to the destined shock.

if it senses the tail end about to break free it will supply additional pressure to the side that is potentially about to slip.

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It was 4:30 in the morning and I could'nt sleep so feel free to tell me I'm stupid.
but more importantly let me know what I'm missing and fundamental flaws.



edit:the post screwed up my diagrams.
the tank is only connected to the distributer.
the distributer is independantly connected to all for shocks.

xsboost90

tick tac toe??

KuHL 951

Maybe I'm wrong but wouldn't increasing the pressure to the highly loaded shock (outside) actually cause more skipping as the compliance to follow the road surface becomes more rigid? It's like increasing the tire pressure until the tire has no ability to adjust to the road surface. Just my thoughts and probably way off base.

Sam Lin

Some cars already do something similar as a form of active roll bar.

Sam

doze905

the first two would not work at all and would make things much more unstable, the last idea could work if it was done right and had a control system. and i know your going to say, well why wont they work read a book on racing and weight transfer, or if some one else has the time they can explain it to you.