Thread: Meshing Gears
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Unread 29-06-2004, 09:42
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Virtual Syncro...

One think that I keep thinking about with all the mania for shift on the fly is that what we lack (in addition to a clutch) is mechanism to syncronize the gears (or dogs) that are meshing.

The reason we often hear such nasty grinding sounds from the shift the shifting gearboxes is that the gears or dogs that are trying to mesh are going at extremely different speeds.

I think I have noodled out a method provide this syncronization (or close enough syncing) with some clever software.

With luck I will get a chance to work on it this summer. Stay tuned...

If others have already done this, I would welcome some pointers.

Joe J.