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>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>On Behalf Of Jinx
>Sent: 28 June 2007 02:42
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [EE] How far do you go? - was: [EE] Firmware 
>flaws andfacelesscorporations
>
>
>http://www.zeroshift.com/
>
>There's a "How it works" animation
>
>Footage shown on TV last night showed a drag between two 
>performance cars (Mustangs), one with a conventional gearbox 
>and one with a Zeroshift. The Zeroshift won because there was 
>no decceleration between gear changes
>

I can remember reading about this a couple of years back, and cringing at the thought of it going wrong!  Essentialy the system selects two gears at once, but there is some lost motion in the system and the first gear is deselected before this slack is "used up".

Regards

Mike

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