Magnetic Suspension

[Busky2k]

I want it!

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/81312/...ion_System.html

(Note its in French but its pretty easy to get the point).

[Sinturion]

Freaking awesome.

Would be great for driving over speed bumps and driving on the kerb

Would also be great for high power fwds to keep the front down when dragging.

Edited February 5, 2007 by Sinturion

[Eug]

WTF?! how'd they do that jump at the end?

that is damn cool - although it seems mainly for comfort.

how does something like that fair in motorsports? you wouldnt be able to feel the road so to speak.

[Patto-]

Isn't this in the new HSV GTS? As well as a bunch of other GM cars?

Or is this a different system?

[racsov500]

thats sweet!

I wonder how reliable they are and what their lifespan is

[Nismo Racer]

I'm sold

[scathing]

Isn't this in the new HSV GTS? As well as a bunch of other GM cars?

Or is this a different system?

Different system.

HSV's MRC uses a magnetic fluid inside the damper, which by passing a current through can adjust its viscosity and hence rate.

The Bose system works the same way a speaker does, but instead of using magnets to move a coil to generate vibrations in the air it works in reverse. It uses a magnets to resist the movement of a coil.

They sound similar, but its not really. In the MRC system the magnet affects the damper fluid, which resists the spring. In the Bose system, the magnets resist the spring directly.

[scathing]

The Bose setup has been around for a while. Motor Magazine did a review of it around a year ago (at least).

Apparently the biggest problem against its adoption is not the unknown reliability, nor the expense. Its the fact that Bose will not license the technology to anyone. They want the OEMs to contract the design for each car to them. They give Bose the specs of the vehicle, and Bose then designs the suspension and ships the finished product back to the OEM.

Apparently OEMs don't want to relinquish the design and engineer for such a core part of the car. They'd prefer to be told how to make the system, pay for the IP, and then implement the setup themselves. With what Bose is asking, they'll only get a little feedback in how they want the car to ride / handle, but Bose does all the setup and testing and just ships a finished product back.

[PHATR32]

that shit is wacked

[sh@un]

i'd hardly think it'd be possible to get a good final result based purely on using the weight, wheel-base and track specs of the vehicle and feeding the info into a computer simulator. You can only go so far with computer theorizing before you'd actually need to do some real world testing with the car in production spec.

[Ska]

That is bloody fantastic, cant wait till it comes out in normal production cars, in 2050...................

[phunky_monkey]

That's absolutley amazing!

[666DAN]

Awesome!

[MacGuyver]

Yeah! Awesome to the max!

[gexenon]

wow.

[sammus]

sweet ... lean into turns like a bike instead of rolling away with physics

[PHATR32]

2050? flying cars woint need suspension..........maybe holden might use it on their 2050 cars. the old push rod will still be in use!

That is bloody fantastic, cant wait till it comes out in normal production cars, in 2050...................

[GTRgeoff]

Short of the lean in and jump, the UZZ32 Soarer has had the active for a long time. Awesome stuff for a luxobarge. I believe Beer Baron has one.

[julion]

I lold at 1:34. that guy was definately waving his head around to make it look worse.

[Modena]

Thats awesome... a must for limos!