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Unread 04-11-2007, 10:04
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Re: RAIV (Redundant Array of Independent Victors)

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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk View Post
I do like the spirit of this. Perhaps you can get halfway there and implement a system that will do the victor fault detection and report it to the driver. This way you know exactly what to fix before you even get off the field. If you couple this with a well designed electrical layout, you will be sittin happy while the rest of us are panicking.
Even better, roll it into a custom laptop-based dashboard and don't leave anything up to the driver to figure out. It'd sure help to know when you're dropped a chain vs. lost electrical output to a motor, or when all your victors are non responsive vs not going anywhere in a pushing match...