Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit

Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30825

waterbok Topic Author Offline Get Rough! Posts: 3498 Likes received: 1171	AVCS (Angular Vector Control System) or Normal mode Package Unwrapped Manual The following user(s) Liked this: Edou, AndyAus
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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30826

waterbok Topic Author Offline Get Rough! Posts: 3498 Likes received: 1171	The guinea pig more to follow when I figured out how it works/worked Build into the C group C11. Setup with a third channel receiver. The following user(s) Liked this: stingray-63, AndyAus
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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30827

AndyAus Offline Moderator Posts: 5127 Likes received: 3603	Very interesting gismo If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem mate
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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30831

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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30833

waterbok Topic Author Offline Get Rough! Posts: 3498 Likes received: 1171	Well it kind of works (not much of a streetracer myself, so every little bit of help is an improvement), and I can control it with the third channel. Switch between normal steering control, off and AVCS Response of both can be adjusted by changing the endpoint. Its fun to watch how the car does a little snakedance on the straight whilst accelerating and the rears tries to brake out.
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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30837

larbut Offline Owner Posts: 4126 Likes received: 1498	Looks to be a clever thing. Would it work on a buggy, i.e. offroad?? Signature now gets correct formatting if you edit it in your Profile. Use normal BBcode if you want. www.tamiyabase.com was formatted automatically.
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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30838

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waterbok wrote:
Well it kind of works (not much of a streetracer myself, so every little bit of help is an improvement), and I can control it with the third channel.
Switch between normal steering control, off and AVCS
Response of both can be adjusted by changing the endpoint.

Its fun to watch how the car does a little snakedance on the straight whilst accelerating and the rears tries to brake out.

Does it work like a gyro on a drift car ?

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Tamiya TGU-01 active steering assist unit 12 years 1 month ago #30839

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I looked at getting one of these (well, any drift gyro, or to be more accurate a heli head lock gyro which is the same thing but at a quarter of the price) to fit on a drifter, but having seen one in use I decided not to - I think I'd rather be bad at drifting than have a car that's still not my under control, just understeering like a supertanker.

That said, I can see the value of one on a very twitchy RWD car that can't be driven in a straight line by mere mortals :y:

LOL at the box illustration though - it's either:

- a perfect illustration of provoking lift off oversteer in a front wheel drive car

- something very, very wrong with the setup on an RWD or 4WD car

- a clueless designer.