With its rounded, aerodynamic lines, polished finish, and Flying B hood ornament — not to mention its wood-panelled interior, right-hand-drive steering wheel, and fold-down tray tables — it has been provoking speculation and comment ever since.Who owned it?
Leon James, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii and a co-author of "Road Rage and Aggressive Driving: Steering Clear of Highway Warfare," says he receives numerous letters from "desperate women" who are scared stiff by the way their husbands drive.
Every time I drive the steering wheel in my car, I rub off some atoms.
Then we gained complete control over the drive and steering servos, allowing complete control of the car via the Atmel AVR8515 micro-controller.
The Ventrac, which starts at about $20,000, is a sweet little number: all-wheel hydrostatic drive, power steering and a 28-inch turning radius.
Then she began the short drive home, steering her car onto West Lexington Street, a one-way dotted with churches and modest houses.
A fault-tolerant control system, which allows a safe motion of the non-holonomic wheelchair even though the drive and steering units have partially failed, is designed based on the Ackerman geometry.
This is a 271-horsepower version of the stock Lancer that sells for $30,000, is faster to 60 mph (5.1 seconds versus 5.5 for the 350Z), has all-wheel drive, exquisite steering and road-feel, and by nearly all quantitative measures outstrips the Z on sheer performance.
I simply cut the wires from the drive and steering motors and substituted an 8 relay board connected to the micro controller.
