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About that "yoke" steering wheel

Discussion in 'Model S' started by MagnusMako, Jan 30, 2021.

  1. whitex

    whitex Well-Known Member

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    Obviously different people feel comfortable with different things. You might like a Tesla with a stick instead of a steering wheel, someone else might light a dual stick "tank drive" (could turn the car on a dime!), but the issue at hand is what most people are used to in cars. Tank drive would make the car more maneuverable by a minority of drivers, but cause accidents by the majority, hence it's disallowed by the regulations.
     
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    In other news, Tesla swaps around the brake and accelerator pedals.
     
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  4. baldwin

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    Yep, I’m thinking the same thing! It could be another set of context aware controls. Stationary? Drive shifter. Moving? Configurable fart noises? Endless creativity in this information drought. ☹️

    edit: maybe turn signals while in motion
     
  5. Rogue Synapse

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    Gotta be turn signals
     
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    Missiles.
     
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    FWIW I tried driving a short distance yesterday just using the bottom half of the wheel as if it was a yoke - impossible!
    Turning into my development is a right angle - my right hand had to go round to the 7 o'clock position, which meant it had to go THROUGH my thigh.
    If there was a yoke with some sort of FBW modifying the input so that it multiplied at low speeds - what happens when you have an emergency swerve necessary at high speed - there'd be little turn available.
    Perhaps you could go into the sub-sub-sub menu and select the speed regime as the opposite car approached.....
     
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  8. MarcG

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    I highly doubt it will happen, but I would love regen paddles.. other sporty EVs seem to be doing it successfully.
     
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    Missiles would be good :)
     
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    The nice thing is that if they are buttons, they can be contextual--when stopped they shift gears, when driving, they could control re-gen or something else driving related.....or missiles.
     
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