Dude, honestly from what I've seen with guys like you seriously innovating simple thing like that you can make in to sema WITHOUT ANY DOUBTS, I love your videos. Keep on the grind Sir.👊👍👍👍👍📌
It's called having a challenge, pushing yourself into making something really awesome. Yes, an automatic would be easier, but wheres the fun in that? And besides, yes there are automatics that can handle power, but the manual would probably handle the torture of track use a lot better.
@Qwe Labulea Okay, sounds good. How about you try to make a kit car from complete scratch, with the same weight, weight distribution, and powerplant, and make it automatic. He has probably done it this way for a reason. Even if it's just a talking point, it's still very cool to have. Yes, they have been around forever, but it's not like he has completely converted it, the pedal is still there, and the shifter is still there. He can probably just unbolt the mechanism, and in 5 minutes, have it back to an all manual car.
You spent tons of hours on this project and still have friends???? Still amazed by you're skill. You're now my favourite RUclipsr. Keep up the good work.
Wow. You are a genius. Watching other rebuilders on youtube is like watching little kids with blocks. And then there is you. Compared to them you are building a time machine. Your knowlege and effort truly inspirational. Wish you tons of success.
Oh where to start. Firstly, you can expect a compressor motor to take 10 times the rated current at start up due to the inrush current. There are soft start units available but I’ve never used them for motor starts so I have no idea of their effectiveness. The pneumatic system. It’s a bit brutal. You should control the speed of a cylinder by controlling the exhausting air not by varying the pressure. Varying the pressure should be used to control the force not the speed. The cylinders you used look as though they have crimped ends. The clamping force this exerts is calculated to hold if the cylinder is used to shift a bigger load and the load/piston impacts the end cap of the cylinder, the tendency of the load is to carry on going and take the end off the cylinder. To control this, although the cylinder my be 1/8 or 1/4 bsp, the inlet/exhaust into the cylinder is probably only about 2mm, so for your application you could probably open this out. You do need to watch how big you go as typically the hole is offset the port so that the breakthrough point is used to give a shorter overall length of cylinder for a given stroke. Also a cylinder of this size tends to be buffered rather than cushioned, ie it has just a shock absorbing rubber pad to absorb shock. A system problem is that the cylinders will continue to exert a force on the gear lever even when its in gear, a bit like, with a manual transmission keeping on pushing the gear lever into gear when it’s already in gear, this will rapidly wear the selector forks. Ideally you need to select the gear and then relax the pressure at the end of the stroke so the valves you’ve used would need to be three position valves with the centre position as pressure release. This of course means that you have no air in the cylinder to control the return stroke so you would need to tell the cylinder to go to where it already is and then reverse it. You would have time to do this in the sequence as the cylinder could be pressurised as the clutch is disengaged before you shift gear. If you are looking for the maximum speed of change you could replace the single 5 port, double sol valve with 2, three port valves mounted directly to the cylinder port or via a quick exhaust valve allowing you to drop the air pressure to reduce mechanical impacts. You could also fit small shock absorbers at the end of the stroke to limit the impact but this would only work if the throw in all gears was the same. Sorry if this sounds a pit pedantic and nit picking but I sold, designed and built pneumatic control systems for about 35 years in just about every industry you can think of.
That is interesting - you clearly write what you know. I am wondering if it would be better to remove the gear shifter and fit the pneumatic power to the internal gearbox shifter rods themselves. Of course, that would eliminate the manual over-ride
I opened up the ports on purpose to speed up the shifts. The car is mostly for track use so I did want to maximize shift times. It does relieve pressure on the shift forks right after the shift. I've done that by running one of the clutch pneumatic lines into the gear ones. So as soon as the clutch releases all the shift pneumatics release pressure as well. These ones have threaded ends on both sides, they do rely on stop rubbers but pretty serviceable when things start to wear out
@@xfmotorsports Use a shorter bigger diameter cylinder that activates a lever to gain the speed for the clutch and always speed control cylinders with flow restrictors, not air pressure. Love the build!!!
@@paulstandeven8572 Basically, yes. At the moment, he is using the the actuators to control a H-pattern, so they need to pivot, or rock&roll, a bit and wear will occur. When manual trans are automated as an OE option, they do not use the gearstick (the stick is there for human input, as it converts the side to side and back / forth into one "thing"). So, it is far easier, and better, to mount the actuators to control back / forth and side / side as that is how the internals of most manual trans work. He could have even just picked up some actuators from a factory automated trans and built his own controller. That would still be worthy of a vid.
I absolutely love how he takes it around the block, in total disregard for vehicle regulations, insurance, road tax etc. Mind you, he's careful and concerned about safety (although going out in the dark without proper lighting makes one doubt a bit). Checkout the footage where he goes for a spin in his first selfbuild car in Pakistan (and crashes it into a riksha!). Keep 'm coming, I can't believe this gem of a youtuber and gem of an engineer I may add, only has 40k subscribers. Best build youtube channel by a country mile...
Dude, this thing is coming together alot faster I mean this is my favourite build and exactly what I want to do after acquiring 90% more knowledge. been here before the e55 blew up and cant wait
Actually, I'd much rather have it prolonged much longer. Unless another great project starts right after this one, but I don't know how big the odds are for that...
Or see this one at SEMA and on other RUclips Channels like Hoonigan, Cleetus McFarland, Gears and Gasoline, Matt Farah, or VINwiki (just to throw out a few random ideas). Also, I would really want to see it in a wind tunnel after the body panels are done! I know there's one called ACE in University of Ontario that's supposed to be somewhat accessible to race car builders according to this video: ruclips.net/video/Pgpawejpi6o/видео.html
For your air compressor, may I suggest going mechanical, like they do on commercial transportation. You can pull one from a commercial vehicle wrecker. It comes with a pressure regulator and governor you can adjust and use an air pressure gauge to detect air pressure. You'd use the mechanical air compressor off the engine pulley and use a tiny air tank for air storage as safety when low pressure and engine off conditions may occur. Your electronics skills are awesome. Great job programming your controller board for use in your project car. One revision I'd like to suggest is to have the terminals separate from the circuit board logic. This will make it easy for repair and replacement. I'm sure these and many more revisions will eventually come with time. I really want to see you get your car to SEMA this year. Most of all, I'd like to see your car race on the track. Such a beautiful build and better than anything else I've seen in years, because you did it all yourself, from the design, the math calculations, and so much more.... Let me know if I can be of any help with anything. Your car needs to get to SEMA!!! Come on everyone! Help get this awesome build to SEMA ALREADY! #HOONIGANS #KENBLOCK #SEMASHOW2019 Keep up the great work!!! Just awesome!!!
I am amazed! I have built and rebuilt from the ground up, cars, boats, motorbikes, aircraft. But I would never imagine doing what you are doing here - absolutely from scratch! The words "ambitious project" do not do justice!
I binged watch your entire playlist and was wondering when this video would come out and thankfully it was today itself. BTW you are doing a great job and its fun to watch something being built from scratch. Also, you have knowledge in all domains like suspension to electronics and thats pretty darn cool to me.
Since your video with building the rear suspension for the E55, you are inspiring me more and more! The DRS, this project, the transmission... Respect!
People were talking about robot manuals like that for years before anyone actually made one. It's a huge achievement to just design and build one yourself. I assumed you'd just be fitting one off something else. Well done!
Love watching your videos. Cool to see you using your knowledge of wiring, robotics, pneumatics and coding and love that you go into a bit of explanation. I usually replay those parts multiple times hoping to grab some of your crazy awesome smarts
This is the only channel I first press the like button before watching the whole video, because i know the things that happen here would normally take a whole team/company with engineers to figure out. Awesome work your doing here man!!
I'd probably try some optical proximity switches or maybe laser sensors to detect the gears to avoid those Lenz law problems of reed switches. Only concern I'd have with light is that how they work in high trembling automotive application or will they interfere with each other in your application. Also, there are some cheap radar sensors available like SparkFun A111 that might work.
Also, I'd imagine you can find enough powerful 12V compressor, especially if you add a small accumulator. Afterall, people run crazy air suspension setups today.
Personally I wouldn't add all this complexity to have paddles, rather shift manually anyways. But hey, hope it works out! Absolutely love this project / skill set
You answer is double correct. Once because H pattern is hardly a disadvantage. Twice because building something so complicated, yet it's still using the H pattern mechanism. You modify at the source when you gonna put this much effort, you know what I mean right? It's Nasa building a Space Shuttle on top of a LADA all over again. Your base underneath is still a LADA... I'd hate to see this guy's PlayStation 1 joystick steering conversion...fucking Transformers or some shit lol
@@Rusiputki although for an automated gearbox the other option is to use a sequential gearbox and have an automated shifter row through the gears for you. In this sense the H-pattern is again superior because although it is more complex it's able to shift into any gear at any time rather than having to go through them all individually.
@@nathanjaremco1362 hay im looking for mom/wife/traffic jam mode so i can keep my GM TR6060/6070 transmission so im glad someone figured it out as i preference is H pattern full unassisted mode but diplomacy and compromising is need in my home 🏡to keep the peace 😉 in a heavy metropolis traffic jam in say Denver co 🇺🇸 id like the automatic clutching or a button i can press to keep me from doing the 4 foot shuffle up hill and or trireing me out aka leg day
You are an absolute Engineer. If you have a regular job, they are not paying you enough. Mercedes needs to know about this and hire you. Love the project and your videos are great.
Yay, my name is on the list! :-D I'm not sure what to think about this semi-automatic gearbox yet, but it is really interesting idea and execution :-). Btw, I'm applying things I learned from you on my RC Formula car project, thank you so much for all the explanation video about suspension geometry :-).
This guy is literally mental ... in a genius way. When it came to the shifting system just looking at it gives me headache ... and he calmly explains how "simple" it is ... "few solenoids here, few relays there, then I will hook it to my college project controller which used to power freaking robot, few sensors here and there".. man... what is next you building your own spacecraft?! I am not sure if you just make it sound simple or you actually spent 15 minutes building it. The only bad thing about this it really makes me feel stupid in comparison and that is rare occurrence. If it is not clear from above (as I am freaked by genius of this guy)... massive respect and looking forward seeing completed track monster!
This is awesome, I’ve been saving a BMW M5 7 speed SMG transmission for a similar project, it uses hydraulic fluid and a shift pack with 4 cylinders one over each shift gate.
Great work so far! A small tip about the compressor - just use a HD compressor like the offroad guys use- it's 12V and meant to come up to 120-150 PSI. No need for an inverter.
Mate if you pull neutral in a fast sweeper when you're expecting power mid corner that thing is gonna spit you out hard. I can't congratulate you enough on your incredible build its truly mind-boggling!
I used to work for one of the 1/2 mile airstrip racing organizers and the 2000+ HP Lamborghinis were actually air shifted. I believe they ditched the stock trans in favor of an aftermarket racing trans that was air shifted.
This is the most complete channel on RUclips! Is a concentrate mix of Tavarish, Legit Street Car and Samcrac with the exception Shehryar is a genius or Master Jedi or something...
Top job!! Actual race car pneumatic EGS systems either use a 12v tyre type or a mechanically driven compressor off the back of the gearbox with an accumulator. They also use a pneumatic cylinder directly acting on the clutch master cylinder with 1 paddle to release to bite point and one to engage drive so no need for a 3rd pedal.
According to your views and likes.....your videos are under appreciated.....or over most peoples head. Great videos...I have referenced your suspension geometry videos several times
Working out your own paddle shifter is beyond cool. I've seen a few companies do it for street cars, and is a pretty neat thing to add to a vintage car. However(yes, here it comes), the car can do without the weight and complexity. It's just more to go wrong, besides, it looks like you got the muscle to bang those gears!
idk if hes interested in that but you can, by varying the frequency of the ac, directly control the speed of the motor (so it's less dependant on load than a DC motor)
is the steering going to stay that stiff ? Respect for all the knowledges that you have. I m intrested on what you did study and how you know all that ? even a mechatronic guy fresh out of school won't be able to do what you re doing in the same amount of time. I mean you re on another level absly
SK8215 buy a small 2 stroke 50cc engine on aliexpress used for minibikes which also has a centrifugal clutch and make that power the compressor as inverters and the alternator will be under allot of load and these engines can be bought for almost nothing
You might want to check out an "endless air" system OR you could convert an aircon compressor to an air compressor with a tank. have your circuit monitor the air pressure, when it gets below the lower threshold have it turn the "air con" on. was thinking of doing the same on my 4x4 as it has aircon but i never use it and could do with an air supply off road. that way, if your as long as your engine is running (or has recently run) you can shift, don't have to worry about that large compressor or an inverter. another option is to get a 12v air compressor for inflating 4x4 tyres and a tank, then just monitor the pressure, have the circuit turn it on until the target is reached. you could even use a carbon fibre air tank to keep the weight down (you can get them for scuba diving)
Could it be you need a big capacitor to deliver the power fast enough for the converter? 1F cap used in stereo builds might work fine on the 12V side? Does the air compressor really need >1kW during operation?
the problem is the big inrush current, what a standing Motor wants to draw. once is running it will not need so much more anymore. Most of the cheaper and smaller inverters cannot deliver this much current for getting the motor to spin
In place of the reed switches you can use IR LED and receptors. Ancient VCR used incandescent bulbs with photovoltaic receptors to measure tape amount on reel, and where the mechanisms were in their travel. Newer use IR LED. You can also find the emitter/receptor setup in a PC Mouse. Light is way more precise, too.
Going with a viair or arb high duty pump with a small reservoir or should save you several pounds, unless you need the ac inverter for other items as well. I have onboard air on several vehicles , the high duty 12v pumps will keep up with ac pumps that weigh five times as much, they won't have to run that much with a small reservoir operating what you've got plumbed up. My viair and arb pumps have a high enough volume to fill a 40" tire in 3 minutes and have no trouble keeping the air tanks capped off at 90 , the pump and res would fit in the spot where your ac pump is, and rid the weight and energy loss of the inverter. Just a thought from your friends in the 4x4 and drag racing community. Keep up the innovation and hard work!
On our schools FSAE car they actually just used a 4,500psi air tank for the air shifters and just recharged between races, so they didn't need an on-board compressor.
@@cujbaion1 Vacuum would be at most 14psi so you aren't going to get a lot of actuation force, and isn't generated while under throttle so you'd have to build a reservoir.
@@Ribbityibzki CO2 is nice because the energy density is way higher that high pressure air, but you need to set up a siphon tube so you don't intake any liquid CO2 into your valves and I worry that under acceleration g forces you'd slosh the liquid over the top of the siphon.
They make a shock you can mount on the clutch that has a knob to control the release speed. They use them in drag racing for launches. Maybe that can help your clutch set up.
Love your work guy ,but as with everything you run into so issues, I was wondering for the paddle shifters could you use slip rings to carry your signals? Was there one on the original factory set up ,you maybe able to reduce some of the complexity by checking it out . As with the air supply set up some aftermarket airbag setups have dual compressors and a high capacity tank that fit in small spaces and the compressor works of automotive system voltages instead of an inverter. Check it out it could help to keep your weight down. One on your patron list ,do you remember the dome race team paint scheme each checker was named you could try it 😎. I love the work you did and hope you continue to have great success and fun doing what you do.
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This man is genius
Dude, honestly from what I've seen with guys like you seriously innovating simple thing like that you can make in to sema WITHOUT ANY DOUBTS, I love your videos. Keep on the grind Sir.👊👍👍👍👍📌
Tom Minton That would be amazing, having this masterpiece at SEMA.
@@AmbitiousApple we as an audience by spamming instas 😂🤗🤗🤗🤗😎😎😎
I'm not sure how his head hasn't exploded from his giant brain.
It's called having a challenge, pushing yourself into making something really awesome. Yes, an automatic would be easier, but wheres the fun in that? And besides, yes there are automatics that can handle power, but the manual would probably handle the torture of track use a lot better.
@Qwe Labulea Okay, sounds good. How about you try to make a kit car from complete scratch, with the same weight, weight distribution, and powerplant, and make it automatic. He has probably done it this way for a reason. Even if it's just a talking point, it's still very cool to have. Yes, they have been around forever, but it's not like he has completely converted it, the pedal is still there, and the shifter is still there. He can probably just unbolt the mechanism, and in 5 minutes, have it back to an all manual car.
I love that your added the neutral wiggle to the end of your test program :)
I smiled too when I saw that. I used to do that all the time.
@@DouglasClaude Wait, you stopped? How do you know you are in neutral then?
@@muh1h1 unfortunately I'm driving an automatic now 😢
This dude uses his college Projekt to control his car
Respect man
You spent tons of hours on this project and still have friends????
Still amazed by you're skill.
You're now my favourite RUclipsr.
Keep up the good work.
My god do i wanna se this car on the track
Wow. You are a genius. Watching other rebuilders on youtube is like watching little kids with blocks. And then there is you. Compared to them you are building a time machine. Your knowlege and effort truly inspirational. Wish you tons of success.
Oh where to start.
Firstly, you can expect a compressor motor to take 10 times the rated current at start up due to the inrush current. There are soft start units available but I’ve never used them for motor starts so I have no idea of their effectiveness.
The pneumatic system. It’s a bit brutal. You should control the speed of a cylinder by controlling the exhausting air not by varying the pressure. Varying the pressure should be used to control the force not the speed. The cylinders you used look as though they have crimped ends. The clamping force this exerts is calculated to hold if the cylinder is used to shift a bigger load and the load/piston impacts the end cap of the cylinder, the tendency of the load is to carry on going and take the end off the cylinder. To control this, although the cylinder my be 1/8 or 1/4 bsp, the inlet/exhaust into the cylinder is probably only about 2mm, so for your application you could probably open this out. You do need to watch how big you go as typically the hole is offset the port so that the breakthrough point is used to give a shorter overall length of cylinder for a given stroke. Also a cylinder of this size tends to be buffered rather than cushioned, ie it has just a shock absorbing rubber pad to absorb shock.
A system problem is that the cylinders will continue to exert a force on the gear lever even when its in gear, a bit like, with a manual transmission keeping on pushing the gear lever into gear when it’s already in gear, this will rapidly wear the selector forks. Ideally you need to select the gear and then relax the pressure at the end of the stroke so the valves you’ve used would need to be three position valves with the centre position as pressure release. This of course means that you have no air in the cylinder to control the return stroke so you would need to tell the cylinder to go to where it already is and then reverse it. You would have time to do this in the sequence as the cylinder could be pressurised as the clutch is disengaged before you shift gear. If you are looking for the maximum speed of change you could replace the single 5 port, double sol valve with 2, three port valves mounted directly to the cylinder port or via a quick exhaust valve allowing you to drop the air pressure to reduce mechanical impacts. You could also fit small shock absorbers at the end of the stroke to limit the impact but this would only work if the throw in all gears was the same.
Sorry if this sounds a pit pedantic and nit picking but I sold, designed and built pneumatic control systems for about 35 years in just about every industry you can think of.
That is interesting - you clearly write what you know.
I am wondering if it would be better to remove the gear shifter and fit the pneumatic power to the internal gearbox shifter rods themselves. Of course, that would eliminate the manual over-ride
I opened up the ports on purpose to speed up the shifts. The car is mostly for track use so I did want to maximize shift times. It does relieve pressure on the shift forks right after the shift. I've done that by running one of the clutch pneumatic lines into the gear ones. So as soon as the clutch releases all the shift pneumatics release pressure as well. These ones have threaded ends on both sides, they do rely on stop rubbers but pretty serviceable when things start to wear out
I like the idea of supplying the change valves only when the clutch is disengage, why didn’t I think of that.
@@xfmotorsports Use a shorter bigger diameter cylinder that activates a lever to gain the speed for the clutch and always speed control cylinders with flow restrictors, not air pressure. Love the build!!!
@@paulstandeven8572 Basically, yes. At the moment, he is using the the actuators to control a H-pattern, so they need to pivot, or rock&roll, a bit and wear will occur. When manual trans are automated as an OE option, they do not use the gearstick (the stick is there for human input, as it converts the side to side and back / forth into one "thing"). So, it is far easier, and better, to mount the actuators to control back / forth and side / side as that is how the internals of most manual trans work.
He could have even just picked up some actuators from a factory automated trans and built his own controller. That would still be worthy of a vid.
I absolutely love how he takes it around the block, in total disregard for vehicle regulations, insurance, road tax etc. Mind you, he's careful and concerned about safety (although going out in the dark without proper lighting makes one doubt a bit). Checkout the footage where he goes for a spin in his first selfbuild car in Pakistan (and crashes it into a riksha!). Keep 'm coming, I can't believe this gem of a youtuber and gem of an engineer I may add, only has 40k subscribers. Best build youtube channel by a country mile...
Dude, this thing is coming together alot faster I mean this is my favourite build and exactly what I want to do after acquiring 90% more knowledge. been here before the e55 blew up and cant wait
Never clicked on a video so fast, cant wait till the project is done!
SAME
same here !
Actually, I'd much rather have it prolonged much longer. Unless another great project starts right after this one, but I don't know how big the odds are for that...
Or see this one at SEMA and on other RUclips Channels like Hoonigan, Cleetus McFarland, Gears and Gasoline, Matt Farah, or VINwiki (just to throw out a few random ideas). Also, I would really want to see it in a wind tunnel after the body panels are done! I know there's one called ACE in University of Ontario that's supposed to be somewhat accessible to race car builders according to this video: ruclips.net/video/Pgpawejpi6o/видео.html
"So I don't look like an idiot because I am stalling the car everytime" Bro... have you seen what you built by your self?
For your air compressor, may I suggest going mechanical, like they do on commercial transportation. You can pull one from a commercial vehicle wrecker. It comes with a pressure regulator and governor you can adjust and use an air pressure gauge to detect air pressure. You'd use the mechanical air compressor off the engine pulley and use a tiny air tank for air storage as safety when low pressure and engine off conditions may occur.
Your electronics skills are awesome. Great job programming your controller board for use in your project car. One revision I'd like to suggest is to have the terminals separate from the circuit board logic. This will make it easy for repair and replacement. I'm sure these and many more revisions will eventually come with time.
I really want to see you get your car to SEMA this year. Most of all, I'd like to see your car race on the track. Such a beautiful build and better than anything else I've seen in years, because you did it all yourself, from the design, the math calculations, and so much more....
Let me know if I can be of any help with anything. Your car needs to get to SEMA!!!
Come on everyone! Help get this awesome build to SEMA ALREADY! #HOONIGANS #KENBLOCK #SEMASHOW2019
Keep up the great work!!! Just awesome!!!
I am amazed! I have built and rebuilt from the ground up, cars, boats, motorbikes, aircraft. But I would never imagine doing what you are doing here - absolutely from scratch!
The words "ambitious project" do not do justice!
I love the combination of precise math, precise simulations and the janky "just screw it to the rest of the stuff" approach
Gabriel Rej : hahaha exactly my thoughts. “And then I just ripped a telephone cord off the payphone in my street, might change it later”
I binged watch your entire playlist and was wondering when this video would come out and thankfully it was today itself. BTW you are doing a great job and its fun to watch something being built from scratch. Also, you have knowledge in all domains like suspension to electronics and thats pretty darn cool to me.
Hope this thing works, I still believe a skilled human is faster
Since your video with building the rear suspension for the E55, you are inspiring me more and more!
The DRS, this project, the transmission...
Respect!
People were talking about robot manuals like that for years before anyone actually made one. It's a huge achievement to just design and build one yourself. I assumed you'd just be fitting one off something else. Well done!
This guy is the king of DIY
I always get so hyped when you upload a new video
Still this man continues to amaze me. U r my hero sir, keep it up. I can’t wait to see the car rip!!!
wow you're freaking genius. i grad from automotive engineer.. all i can say is you're next level .. keep up the good work.
Love watching your videos. Cool to see you using your knowledge of wiring, robotics, pneumatics and coding and love that you go into a bit of explanation. I usually replay those parts multiple times hoping to grab some of your crazy awesome smarts
Searched for DIY Automated Manual and was not disappointed! Great job!
This is the only channel I first press the like button before watching the whole video, because i know the things that happen here would normally take a whole team/company with engineers to figure out.
Awesome work your doing here man!!
Good grief! Bloody GENIUS!! How have I managed to miss you on RUclips??? Wow!
Youre a mad scientist. I love it. We need more people like you.
I'd probably try some optical proximity switches or maybe laser sensors to detect the gears to avoid those Lenz law problems of reed switches. Only concern I'd have with light is that how they work in high trembling automotive application or will they interfere with each other in your application. Also, there are some cheap radar sensors available like SparkFun A111 that might work.
Also, I'd imagine you can find enough powerful 12V compressor, especially if you add a small accumulator. Afterall, people run crazy air suspension setups today.
Each one of your videos completely blows my mind with your skill and knowledge. Keep up the great videos
Personally I wouldn't add all this complexity to have paddles, rather shift manually anyways. But hey, hope it works out! Absolutely love this project / skill set
You answer is double correct. Once because H pattern is hardly a disadvantage. Twice because building something so complicated, yet it's still using the H pattern mechanism. You modify at the source when you gonna put this much effort, you know what I mean right? It's Nasa building a Space Shuttle on top of a LADA all over again. Your base underneath is still a LADA...
I'd hate to see this guy's PlayStation 1 joystick steering conversion...fucking Transformers or some shit lol
@@Rusiputki although for an automated gearbox the other option is to use a sequential gearbox and have an automated shifter row through the gears for you. In this sense the H-pattern is again superior because although it is more complex it's able to shift into any gear at any time rather than having to go through them all individually.
@@nathanjaremco1362 hay im looking for mom/wife/traffic jam mode so i can keep my GM TR6060/6070 transmission so im glad someone figured it out as i preference is H pattern full unassisted mode but diplomacy and compromising is need in my home 🏡to keep the peace 😉
in a heavy metropolis traffic jam in say Denver co 🇺🇸 id like the automatic clutching or a button i can press to keep me from doing the 4 foot shuffle up hill and or trireing me out aka leg day
Wow! That is so rad!! I can’t wait to see the final product! Absolutely awesome!
You are one man army! The best race car I ever saw! Thanks for sharing your project
12v compressor is better solution than inverter. You're my hero. I just binged this is fantastic!
You are an absolute Engineer. If you have a regular job, they are not paying you enough. Mercedes needs to know about this and hire you. Love the project and your videos are great.
Dude! Just found your channel and WOW! you are so good at what you do! Congratulations on the build so far🤘🏻
Yay, my name is on the list! :-D
I'm not sure what to think about this semi-automatic gearbox yet, but it is really interesting idea and execution :-). Btw, I'm applying things I learned from you on my RC Formula car project, thank you so much for all the explanation video about suspension geometry :-).
I am really tempted to donate with miatadriver56 lol
just from watching this brings back my nerdness and interest in mechanics and programming and simple machines
i absolutely love it!
I don't understand 90% of the stuff you say but it's amazing to see it all coming together. Great work man. Can't wait to see a track day video of it
Well done, sir! Amazing build. 🏁👍
Crazy build can't wait to see that thing on cirquit very nice build
This guy is literally mental ... in a genius way. When it came to the shifting system just looking at it gives me headache ... and he calmly explains how "simple" it is ... "few solenoids here, few relays there, then I will hook it to my college project controller which used to power freaking robot, few sensors here and there".. man... what is next you building your own spacecraft?! I am not sure if you just make it sound simple or you actually spent 15 minutes building it. The only bad thing about this it really makes me feel stupid in comparison and that is rare occurrence.
If it is not clear from above (as I am freaked by genius of this guy)... massive respect and looking forward seeing completed track monster!
This is awesome, I’ve been saving a BMW M5 7 speed SMG transmission for a similar project, it uses hydraulic fluid and a shift pack with 4 cylinders one over each shift gate.
One of the best youtube channels 👍
This whole build is incredibly impressive
Great work so far! A small tip about the compressor - just use a HD compressor like the offroad guys use- it's 12V and meant to come up to 120-150 PSI. No need for an inverter.
Mate if you pull neutral in a fast sweeper when you're expecting power mid corner that thing is gonna spit you out hard. I can't congratulate you enough on your incredible build its truly mind-boggling!
This is amazing work! You're highly skilled and i really enjoyed how informative these videos are! Subbed!
sk8215 is the moooost underrated car channel on RUclips by miles.
Thanks Bro. I can't wait to see this thing hit the track.
The robotic arm shaking neutral at 11:20 gave me goose bumps. Such a human tendency automated
I used to work for one of the 1/2 mile airstrip racing organizers and the 2000+ HP Lamborghinis were actually air shifted. I believe they ditched the stock trans in favor of an aftermarket racing trans that was air shifted.
This is the most complete channel on RUclips! Is a concentrate mix of Tavarish, Legit Street Car and Samcrac with the exception Shehryar is a genius or Master Jedi or something...
What a sound it makes! That alone pays off all your eforts.
with all those sick pneumatic noises, this things gonna sound crazier than a pagani when it shifts BADASS!
Kudos. Am impressed, jealous and astounded all in one.
I hope it's as good to drive as it looks
Top job!!
Actual race car pneumatic EGS systems either use a 12v tyre type or a mechanically driven compressor off the back of the gearbox with an accumulator. They also use a pneumatic cylinder directly acting on the clutch master cylinder with 1 paddle to release to bite point and one to engage drive so no need for a 3rd pedal.
Great work on the automated manual. Brilliant engineering.
holy f*** man, this is so sick. need to binge watch the series! cant wait for the final product !
Bro i had this dream and idea few months back you are killing it!
Wow, the engineering is just amazing. all the best.
WOW!! You have come a long way, Lots of Respect brother gear head, Be proud of yourself. I have and continue to learn from you.
All that programming and electronic stuff looks like hell to me. I guess that's why I'll never have anything this cool. Keep up the good work!
your knowledge on so many different aspects of engineering is really out of this world....I wish I were your next door neighbor.
Amazing build. I can't even imagine attempting a build this complex.
Unreal man.
Amazing work, well done!
There are Aftermarket parts to Transform a H-shifter to a sequential one wouldnt that make it easier?
According to your views and likes.....your videos are under appreciated.....or over most peoples head. Great videos...I have referenced your suspension geometry videos several times
excellent work man! good luck
Haha, love the natural neutral wiggle of the shifter.
Absolute respect to you man!
Working out your own paddle shifter is beyond cool. I've seen a few companies do it for street cars, and is a pretty neat thing to add to a vintage car. However(yes, here it comes), the car can do without the weight and complexity. It's just more to go wrong, besides, it looks like you got the muscle to bang those gears!
Loving the stick shake on neutral. That small human touch. :)
Absolutely amazing! Also, why use an AC compressor? There are tons of 12V DC compressors available that would work and allow you to skip the inverter.
idk if hes interested in that but you can, by varying the frequency of the ac, directly control the speed of the motor (so it's less dependant on load than a DC motor)
is the steering going to stay that stiff ? Respect for all the knowledges that you have. I m intrested on what you did study and how you know all that ? even a mechatronic guy fresh out of school won't be able to do what you re doing in the same amount of time. I mean you re on another level absly
No, it's going to be fine after the power steering works. Studied Electrical but yeh also learnt most of this on my own time
@@xfmotorsports wow. I was wondering about power steering lol. I know the ariel atom doesnt have power steering so I thought maybe you didn't either.
Power steering is for overweight cars and lazy people.
SK8215 buy a small 2 stroke 50cc engine on aliexpress used for minibikes which also has a centrifugal clutch and make that power the compressor as inverters and the alternator will be under allot of load and these engines can be bought for almost nothing
Dreams, builds, and drves like a legend. Now shifting like a legend too!
What a wonderful over complicated solution for a simple task - love it 😬👊🏻
You might want to check out an "endless air" system OR you could convert an aircon compressor to an air compressor with a tank. have your circuit monitor the air pressure, when it gets below the lower threshold have it turn the "air con" on. was thinking of doing the same on my 4x4 as it has aircon but i never use it and could do with an air supply off road.
that way, if your as long as your engine is running (or has recently run) you can shift, don't have to worry about that large compressor or an inverter.
another option is to get a 12v air compressor for inflating 4x4 tyres and a tank, then just monitor the pressure, have the circuit turn it on until the target is reached.
you could even use a carbon fibre air tank to keep the weight down (you can get them for scuba diving)
Legit the best car Channel om RUclips. Keep the spirit man!!!
He is a true privateer. I hope to see this car one day. Can't wait for the next video.
Could it be you need a big capacitor to deliver the power fast enough for the converter? 1F cap used in stereo builds might work fine on the 12V side? Does the air compressor really need >1kW during operation?
Not sure. The battery's powerful enough to run a 300A starter motor on its own, so seems like the inverter to me
Flux capacitor time! A regular capacitor of that size would also work, but then you cant say your car has a flux capacitor!
@@randominternetguy it's the inverter.. The motor is drawing more than what its rated for.
the problem is the big inrush current, what a standing Motor wants to draw. once is running it will not need so much more anymore. Most of the cheaper and smaller inverters cannot deliver this much current for getting the motor to spin
You are one very smart person. Keep up the good work very interesting to watch your stuff
Mad respect. Built not bought🤙🏻
Bruh, this whole project is so fuckin impressive. Hats off to you!
Imagine being his neighbour thinking oh that's cute that young fella made a car not realising just how state of the art it is lol
Thanks for your job with this 👍
impressive! my favourite youtube channel! fascinating stuff, what i would pay to pick this guy's brain ...
Greetings from sunny Majorca! You're awesome, I really enjoy your videos and engineering skills, keep going!
In place of the reed switches you can use IR LED and receptors.
Ancient VCR used incandescent bulbs with photovoltaic receptors to measure
tape amount on reel, and where the mechanisms were in their travel.
Newer use IR LED. You can also find the emitter/receptor setup in a PC Mouse.
Light is way more precise, too.
Going with a viair or arb high duty pump with a small reservoir or should save you several pounds, unless you need the ac inverter for other items as well. I have onboard air on several vehicles , the high duty 12v pumps will keep up with ac pumps that weigh five times as much, they won't have to run that much with a small reservoir operating what you've got plumbed up. My viair and arb pumps have a high enough volume to fill a 40" tire in 3 minutes and have no trouble keeping the air tanks capped off at 90 , the pump and res would fit in the spot where your ac pump is, and rid the weight and energy loss of the inverter. Just a thought from your friends in the 4x4 and drag racing community. Keep up the innovation and hard work!
You are a true genius. I like the content very much.
On our schools FSAE car they actually just used a 4,500psi air tank for the air shifters and just recharged between races, so they didn't need an on-board compressor.
How about vacuum? A gas engine creates a lot without any pump
This is a great idea. Could fit some SCUBA tank mounts and switch out between races. Refill at your local SCUBA shop for just a few bucks
Or if there are no SCUBA shops near, the use CO2. You can get that refilled at welding supply stores everywhere.
@@cujbaion1 Vacuum would be at most 14psi so you aren't going to get a lot of actuation force, and isn't generated while under throttle so you'd have to build a reservoir.
@@Ribbityibzki CO2 is nice because the energy density is way higher that high pressure air, but you need to set up a siphon tube so you don't intake any liquid CO2 into your valves and I worry that under acceleration g forces you'd slosh the liquid over the top of the siphon.
They make a shock you can mount on the clutch that has a knob to control the release speed. They use them in drag racing for launches. Maybe that can help your clutch set up.
This is so damn awesome! Man you’re a genius 😁🙌🏻
Esto es ingenieria pura, increible!! Are this automated manual transmissions common in speed attack races?
Amazing work!
I think you are the first in the world making the manual gear with automatic shifter
Love your work guy ,but as with everything you run into so issues, I was wondering for the paddle shifters could you use slip rings to carry your signals? Was there one on the original factory set up ,you maybe able to reduce some of the complexity by checking it out . As with the air supply set up some aftermarket airbag setups have dual compressors and a high capacity tank that fit in small spaces and the compressor works of automotive system voltages instead of an inverter. Check it out it could help to keep your weight down. One on your patron list ,do you remember the dome race team paint scheme each checker was named you could try it 😎. I love the work you did and hope you continue to have great success and fun doing what you do.
Thanks for sharing. I learned a lot from watching.Very inspiring.
You're a madman! I love it!