View Poll Results: What is "Glide"?
Coasting with closed valves and no assist
25
75.76%
Driving with closed valves using battery power
4
12.12%
Coasting with a forced autostop
1
3.03%
A brand of deoderant
3
9.09%
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Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
#13
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
So I guess that the theory is if you don't let any more air in then you have nothing to compress. Interesting have you ever tried to turn an engine over by hand with all the valves closed still seems to make compression. Now all you have done is make me want to go tear my brand new engine apart to see exactly how it works. I think maybe I should put a few more miles on first thou. Thanks for the video it was quite interesting.
This engine has a good high compression ratio, too, so there definitely has to be *some* kind of equalizing happening or the engine would always be pure drag, and it's clearly not when the fuel is shut off and valves are closed.
cheers --
doug
#14
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
My point is I don't hassle with any of that big long list of fancy techniques and still have a lifetime average of 64.1 MPG over 31 tanks.
Why bother with all of that complicated stuff?
Why bother with all of that complicated stuff?
#16
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
Yes. You've got it made. You are able to have your trained monkey set the cruise and drive you in to work while you nap. You arrive to work very refreshed and with a very high mpg. And to top it off, you get to brag about how skilled you are as a hypermiler. Hey, you've got the numbers to back it up. Kenny, you are living the high life.
Now why would anybody mess around with the "complicated" stuff?
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...ad.php?t=14705
What do you think you could get driving under my conditions Kenny?
Last edited by Mr. Kite; 08-07-2007 at 08:27 PM. Reason: added quotes to complicated
#17
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
John, I never said all the stuff doesn't work.
I have even said maybe I could to better with it.
But you are right, mild climate and a flat commute help a lot.
So is being willing to break out into a sweat at 93 degrees and take my shirt off instead of turning the AC on or opening the windows.
Living in LA is not everything.
I make sacrifices too.
I just don't do all the complicated brain stuff.
YMMV.
I have even said maybe I could to better with it.
But you are right, mild climate and a flat commute help a lot.
So is being willing to break out into a sweat at 93 degrees and take my shirt off instead of turning the AC on or opening the windows.
Living in LA is not everything.
I make sacrifices too.
I just don't do all the complicated brain stuff.
YMMV.
#18
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
Yes, you clearly make sacrifices as well and your efforts should be appreciated. As for the "complicated" techniques, I liken it to driving a manual transmission. It seems complicated if you do not know how to do it. After learning and after a little practice, it really is second nature. Also, just like learning to drive a manual, you don't want to learn in much traffic.
#19
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
I am looking forward to hearing how to glide - maybe I will try it or maybe I am already doing it....
is it:
- putting trans in N with ICE on?
- balancing regen/assist to ~zero net - with FE pegged at 100+?
- trying to get a few bars of assist - with FE pegged at 100+?
- something else?
I have a mainly flat commute and wont go much less than 55-60 (speed limits 55,65) and will use CC. I get about 64mpg on this commute but may use things like gliding if they really help much. I suppose if I reduced my max speed to 48 or 30-40 the I might push 70mpg, but for me thats too slow.
is it:
- putting trans in N with ICE on?
- balancing regen/assist to ~zero net - with FE pegged at 100+?
- trying to get a few bars of assist - with FE pegged at 100+?
- something else?
I have a mainly flat commute and wont go much less than 55-60 (speed limits 55,65) and will use CC. I get about 64mpg on this commute but may use things like gliding if they really help much. I suppose if I reduced my max speed to 48 or 30-40 the I might push 70mpg, but for me thats too slow.
#20
Re: Glide vs. Assist vs. Charge
It's your pegged FE, no charge/no assist state, Spartybrutus, and one way of getting there is feathering the throttle -- if you lift out to regen, and then ever-so-slightly press back down to eliminate regen but not hit assist, while keeping the iMPG pegged at 100, that's the sweet spot: no regen drag, no discharge, 100mpg+ FE.
cheers --
doug
cheers --
doug