cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 20y 1m 13d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 06/03/06 10:26 PM Share Posted 06/03/06 10:26 PM I have been trying to make my car fly for years by accelerating - and it has never worked! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixfan Flaccid Member Donating Members 2,503 Member For: 21y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: NOONAMAH, go figure..... Posted 06/03/06 10:59 PM Share Posted 06/03/06 10:59 PM Please observe the no smokeing sign, and although you are free to move about the car when we reach cruising altitude, please remain seated while we aquaplane up to fligt level..... If a car has no TC the wheels MAY continue to spin and exasperate the slide, BUT you'd have to sit there like a stunned mullet without touching the brakes to ride it into the kerb. Ya can't get "Airborne"One may violate the laws of traffic, the laws of physics are a different matter. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mildman Member 149 Member For: 19y 5m 26d Posted 06/03/06 11:14 PM Share Posted 06/03/06 11:14 PM Why would the wheels spin with cruise on? They are aiming for a target speed. If the car breaks traction the wheels will be spinning at a speed faster than required so the car will deaccelarate to try and get back to the required speed.Plus the ABS/TCS/ESP computer is smart enough to know the difference in 'Mu' of the road surface Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 06/03/06 11:43 PM Share Posted 06/03/06 11:43 PM Lumpen Proletariat said: You'd think that 'Slymeat' would have a rough idea of this happening...Have you been aquaplaning cars again Sly?Lumpy Thanx. I think I know the spot she is talking about is a dip in the road and water settles due to an underground fault, this patch of road is always wet even during drought conditions and is mossey, I used to ride my bike on this road and knew to be cautious, although I doughbt she would become airborne. I think because the speed is determined by the spinning wheels which slow during the aquaplane this could be possible although I would need to do some research. What I do know is abs can be dangerous on gravel as the brakes dissengage as it thinks you are locked up, although I would have thought modern cars had found a fix for this by now.I think this is one for the Mythbusters. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 06/03/06 11:47 PM Share Posted 06/03/06 11:47 PM XR64T said: Actually, this is true. One of my brothers mates has a cousin that this happened to. He was travelling home from work in heavy rain and his car actually began flying. He was completely freaked out.Unfortunately he was exteremely drunk at the time and had been smoking pot all afternoon so he couldn't tell us exactly where it happened....But it is definitely true.... I think the driver may have been the one doing the flying. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 07/03/06 12:04 AM Share Posted 07/03/06 12:04 AM Been thinking about this somemore, and from my experience anything is possible, although I think she would have had to hit something to get herself airborne. Strange things can and do happen in accidents.1. Pushbike collision with car. Rider has no injuries, car is extensively damaged and driver suffers broken jaw and ribs.2. 4wd drive and motorbike front on, rear window of car smashes from force driver not injured.3. Semitrailer and pedestrian, driver of truck deceased pedestrian injures minor.4. Pushbike into tree, rider walks away no apparent injuries, talking to someone half an hour later falls down deceased.These are but a few.Physics be damned.....And then there was Cros little incident hmmmm. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvyk Member 1,070 Member For: 20y 2m 6d Location: The North Cooma End of Canberra... Posted 07/03/06 12:21 AM Share Posted 07/03/06 12:21 AM Ah-Bullsh*t-choooo....The best way to proove this isn't true is try whilst rolling along faster than 40km/h put the car into neutral (so far only tested in manuals) and set the cruise control... If the engine speeds up more than about 500 RPM it will automatically disable cruise control, I tested this at 80KM/h and the engine went from 2000RPM, upto 2500RPM and then dropped back down to idle as Cruise control automatically switched off...I'd say (if this story is even true) that this woman was simply looking for any excuss not to be hit with a neg driving charge.Also one other question - why would the wheels speed up??? wouldn't cruise control keep them at the exact same speed??? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 3m 9d Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 07/03/06 12:40 AM Share Posted 07/03/06 12:40 AM harvyk said: Ah-Bullsh*t-choooo....The best way to proove this isn't true is try whilst rolling along faster than 40km/h put the car into neutral (so far only tested in manuals) and set the cruise control... If the engine speeds up more than about 500 RPM it will automatically disable cruise control, I tested this at 80KM/h and the engine went from 2000RPM, upto 2500RPM and then dropped back down to idle as Cruise control automatically switched off...I'd say (if this story is even true) that this woman was simply looking for any excuss not to be hit with a neg driving charge.Also one other question - why would the wheels speed up??? wouldn't cruise control keep them at the exact same speed???I think you maybe right.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixfan Flaccid Member Donating Members 2,503 Member For: 21y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: NOONAMAH, go figure..... Posted 07/03/06 12:59 AM Share Posted 07/03/06 12:59 AM If you are aquaplaning, the tyres are no longer in contact with the road,all it takes is for the rear end of the car to step out, which is highly likely, the rear wheel will continue turning, however they aren't pointing where the car is going, the engine is still transmitting power to the wheels, you are now sliding under power. This could cause some drivers problems. The person who wrote the article miss-understood aquaplaning, you're skimming over the top of the water, much like a stone does when skipped on a lake, not 'flying'. It's only an issue if you don't know how to handle a slide. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 07/03/06 05:56 AM Share Posted 07/03/06 05:56 AM There's no discussion, the plane will fly... conveyor belt or no Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/23867-cruise-control/page/2/#findComment-357217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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