I'm pretty sure there's a thread aboot this somewhere, but me being on a break at work, don't have time to sift through the site.
Anyhow, lots of talk aboot dogs in transmissions letting you 'shift-on-the-fly'. What are the problems when it comes to meshing two gears directly?
Code:
______
| |
=== |
| ===
| |
______
shift to:
______
| |
======
| |
| |
______
I hope you get the picture; it's a top-down shot of a simple system pushing one gear to align with a second. (the === are the gears, the | are the axles, and the _____ is the housing)
And is shifting like this not possible on the fly? Didn't that team with the 4 speed automatic transmission do it on the fly? (forgot the team name)
If there's already a thread like this, you can point me in the direction of it too if you'd rather (don't want to waste your time writing a post if the information is there)
Thanks for your help.