BobDrye

I light of this picture I think that the Ebrahimi Boys need to spot me some points. P.S. The monkey is off of my back! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/19116593_P1010657.JPG :ack: :banghead: :ack: :banghead: :ack: :banghead: :ack: :banghead:

http://www.runyourcarwithwater.com/?hop=stratcon&gclid=coa02i6pqjicfqqifqodhdngra Who is going to be first? :_deadhorse:

7even: I haven't made it back to Costa Rica yet. Would you be intrested in spending a week on dirt bikes there this summer? :ack:

I like the frog design. I'll commit to (2). :7head:

I think this kind of explains why he is faster.

Drone Doggie Wobbles, Doesn't Fall Down Damn it. Beaten to the punch, by my own people. Months ago, I got a hold of an insane video of the walking, four-legged BigDog robot. But I had been holding off on showing it, until the magazine article about the 'bot came out. While I was twiddling my thumbs, Defense Tech contributor David Hambling talked to BigDog's masters, and checked out an updated version of the video for himself. In the latest New Scientist, he's written about this machine so "surefooted it can recover its balance even after being given a hefty kick." Check out how the BigDog stumbles, and then gets its footing back. It's the most natural motion I've ever seen a robot make. “Internal force sensors detect the ground variations and compensate for them,” says company president and project manager Marc Raibert. “And BigDog's active balance allows it to maintain stability when we disturb it." This active balance is maintained by four legs, each with three joints powered by actuators and a fourth "springy" joint. All the joints are controlled by an onboard PC processor... The legs on the next version of BigDog, V3, will each have an additional powered joint and will be able to take on even steeper slopes and rougher terrain at higher speed, its makers say. "Half of the earth's surface is inaccessible to wheels and tracks. But people and animals can walk anywhere," Raibert told me a while back. "We wanted a vehicle that could do the same." UPDATE 03/04/06 10:40 PM: Robot schmobot, says RC. New Scientist says that "the latest version of BigDog can handle slopes of 35?... The hydraulics are driven by a two-stroke single-cylinder petrol engine, and it can carry over 40 kg, about 30% of its bodyweight. The robot can follow a simple path on its own, or can be remotely controlled." "Compare this to the llama," notes RC, "which has the following characteristics:" Life span: About 20 years Average height:45" at shoulder, 5-6' at the head Average weight:250-400 lbs. A conditioned llama can carry approximately 25% to 30% of its body weight. I'll take the llama because: 1. It doesn't require gas or batteries. 2. Service life of 15 years+. 3. No maintenance or spare parts required! 4. It's self aware.

Loren : Can you tell me about the tail lights? :ack:

Just make sure that the fan is sealed to the radiator with no air leaks. There is a dead spot at the center of an electric fan where the motor is. The pressure difference across the radiator needs to be 50 kpa. Hope to see you'all this summer. :7head:

Soap is for gas and bananas for coolant.

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How can I keep this "guy" off my back, and work on my seven? http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/251774548_P1010654.JPG :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Spending as if there were no tomorrow We've all seen or heard about them. Perhaps they are friends or family members who have demonstrated financial irresponsibility: a college student who has a budget and quickly exceeds it on wild partying; a cousin or best friend who asks for a "loan" and then never pays it back; people whose credit cards are maxed out and they can't afford the finance charges. Government behaves similarly, playing any or all of those roles. It now resembles an irresponsible parent, spending the children's wages and inheritance as if there were no tomorrow. Republicans lost the spending issue — and their congressional majority — because they behaved like overspending Democrats. Now Democrats in the House are going the Republicans one better. They are promising to increase spending should they win the White House and maintain their congressional majority. According to an analysis of the fiscal 2009 House Democratic majority's federal budget by Brian Riedl of The Heritage Foundation, (www.heritage.org), every American household would pay on average $3,100 more in federal taxes. That amounts to $1.265 trillion more over five years and $3.911 trillion over 10 years. Worse (if that's possible) the Democratic budget proposal increases discretionary spending by 8 percent and does not eliminate even one wasteful program. It also ignores the coming explosion in the cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. None of these increases will be paid for by "soaking the rich" with new tax increases. That means more borrowing from countries that don't have America's best interest as a priority, more inflation and a weaker dollar. The spending virus has so permeated Congress that members won't even go on the wagon during an election year. The bipartisan DeMint-McCaskill budget amendment that would have required a one-year moratorium on earmarks was soundly defeated 71-29. This is how little respect most members have for those whose money they take through taxation, spending it like frat boys on a weekend bender. The Washington Examiner newspaper determined that the longer someone serves in the Senate, the more likely they are to favor spending more money and to oppose any suggestion that they stop. According to the Examiner, "the average seniority of senators voting for DeMint-McCaskill was 12 years, while opponents averaged 22 years in the Senate." All three presidential candidates returned from the campaign trail to vote for the measure. Sen. John McCain is far more credible on spending reductions than Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama and the moratorium was about slashing earmarks, not the big-ticket items most in need of reform, but getting any politician on record favoring spending reductions (and then following through to see if they mean it) is worth something. This year, according to Heritage, the federal government will spend $25,117 per household. The excuse one hears most often is that there is no place legislators can cut spending. Really? Last year, says the Heritage Foundation, the government made at least $55 billion in overpayments; the Pentagon spent almost $1 million shipping two 19-cent washers from South Carolina to Texas and $293,451 sending an 89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida. Even the coming postal rate increases aren't that high. Washington spends $60 billion per year on corporate welfare compared to $50 billion on homeland security. Suburban families are receiving large farm subsidies for the grass in their back yards, subsidies that many of these families never requested and do n

"I was a mechanical engineering student" I used all analog circuits, basically converting the wheel pulse to analog voltage, getting avg for the rear, and the avg for the front, then comparing the two voltages to produce one final signal that represented wheel slip. This is not the way that a gear head talks! I would say that you have latent wire head desires. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :)

http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/techview/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10855937 :7fume:

I think that the rains are actually dirt track tires. If the A6, R6 dot tires last a summer on our light cars then maybe the rains would. Our loading on the tires is so soft that they might not overheat. :7head:

A modern engine computer uses many sensors to determine the injector pulse width. The O2 sensor is just 1 of many. The primary pulse width is determined by either map or air mass sensor, and then by engine speed. Other sensors such as TPS, CTS, IA, Throttle position, O2, are used to further fine tune your injector pulse width. This is used to run at an air fuel ratio that is best for emissions, not power. When all of the sensors are operating and the engine is warm enough, it will go into a finer state of tune called "closed loop". Without an O2 your engine will never go into closed loop. Modern emission engines default into a catalyst protection mode, which means that it will run leaner than normal. It should run well in a seven, even in open loop.

Maz: If you need any alminum or stainless rod I have plenty. Have fun!

I'm going to buy a set of tires for the back of my seven this spring. The A6 dot legal tire seems to be a good candidate on dry days, but it doesn't sound like a tire that I could get home on if it rains. Has anyone used Hoosier dot rains on the street? If so, how long did they last? Do they overheat on our very light cars?

Maybe we could be the first ones to drive thru DC on a small blat with gun racks on our rollbars. Just think of the media coverage that we could generate if 10 sevens drove around 1600 Pa Ave for 1 hour. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

With just a quick check by internet I found camp sites in the area starting @ $12.00 per night.

I think that I will be there, but it could be just 1 day without my seven. At this time I would say that it will be Saturday. :7head:

I read the "white paper"; it appeared that most of the drives were over 200 miles. I think that the most efficient site would be an area that just as soon as you leave the site would be directly connected "great twisties." It appears that the Ozarks could produce that. Another way of saying it would be that if you wanted to give friend a great 30 minute drive it would take only 30 minutes of so. :7drive:

Does anyone know what tires are the softest treaded dot tires that you can buy?

Al: Our group booked a block of 100 nights to get that rate. As I read different forums about the area roads it seems that like "the dragon" there are no bad ones. I'll keep you informed.

Al: Our group booked a block of 100 nights to get that rate. As I read different forums about the area roads it seems that like "the dragon" there are no bad ones. A'll keep you informed.