Please make DctGearbox compatible with electricMotor

Discussion in 'Ideas and Suggestions' started by ferwul73, Jul 29, 2018.

  1. ferwul73

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    Time and resources permitting, of course.

    Judging by the Lua error messages, it's terrified by motors' 0RPM idle. Doesn't know what to do with it lol.

    I think DCTs are much better candidates than slushboxes for electric motors. For starters, it doesn't weird out the RPM when you turn up the converterdiameter or converterstiffness or fluiddensity in an attempt to "direct couple" the wheels to the motor.
     
  2. Diamondback

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    Why would you want a transmission at all with an electric motor?
     
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  4. Diamondback

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    Just checked, the DCT has no issues with electric motors (it really doesn't care what motor there is).
    Obviously you need proper control logic for electric motors, but that's something else :)
     
  5. ferwul73

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    Interesting. I was using the eGran as a test bed, I'll try the Sunbeam
     
  6. Dr. Death

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    No diamond. Not a good argument. Electric motors dont perform very well at high RPM in terms of torque, so many people, specially in Formula E, have a choice to make between the weight and driver interaction of a transmission vs the extra top end torque that the electric engine would give you at low spin speeds. Its not an entire drawback without benefits.
     
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