New Veriable Speed transmission

Brilliant idea...so the driver, instead of shifting 4 times during
acceleration, would keep one hand on a control lever ALL the time to
adjust the belt position while watching the tach, right?

Why not call GM with this idea? They're so stupid, they'd buy
anything!

 

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DeserTBoB wrote:

The aircraft industry has been that stupid since the late 30s. See
"constant speed propeller".

 

CSPs were/are hardly the same thing. Prop speed is a constant; a road
vehicle's load and speed changes almost infinitely.

 

Like most people here, I've killfiled this Desert Bob creep, but this
exchange highlights just how practical a manual-only CVT might be. In fact
they do exist. There are several CVT autosticks for sale, including
top-level Calibers and Compasses. They use a 6 -speed fixed detent system
(more in some systems), so they shift sequentially like paddle-shifts in
expensive supercars. I suppose one could also allow the driver to program in
the position and number of preset "gears".

Another possibility I've seen mentioned is more detents (say 15 or more) but
set it up so that the driver can slide a shifter over more than one click,
thereby determining how big a gap he wants between the "gears".

 

Not really- prop speed is under PILOT CONTROL, not truly "constant".
Most airplanes with "constant speed" propellors have two power levers
instead of just a throttle- one lever is the prop control, which sets
RPM. The other lever is the throttle. The pilot can set the prop speed
to where he wants it and independently control engine torque with the
throttle, and also increase prop speed (for more power, or actually more
"thrust") or decrease it (for more fuel efficiency) at will. What the
pilot does NOT control directly is the actual pitch of the prop blades-
the prop governor controls that based on the selected prop speed, the
throttle (torque applied to the prop) and also airplane speed (the speed
of the air hitting the prop affects where the pitch has to be set to
maintain a constant RPM.

I also was thinking that a CVT with a manual control lever would be
almost exactly like flying an airplane with prop control. Really cool
(for 5 minutes) then a PITA after that

 

First I am amassed at the wealth of information here about CVT's, I had
no idea so many of them were used on cars back then.

My only 2 cents: I belive the Saturn Vue AWD V6 came with a CVT