Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to model vehicles and, more particularly, to an electronic system for stabilizing the steering of the model vehicle.
Description of the Related Art
For a Radio Controlled (RC) Model Vehicle, the RC Driver controls the vehicle remotely. The RC Driver can only detect the vehicle's motion visually. The RC Driver cannot feel the vehicle's disturbances such as hitting a raised area of earth. The time constants for scaled vehicles are much smaller than the time constants for full sized vehicles. The smaller vehicle responds to disturbances and steering inputs much faster than full sized vehicle.
Different model vehicles may have different physical and dynamic parameters, such as wheelbase (distance separating front and rear wheels), track (distance separating left and right wheels), roll center locations, weight distribution, maximum steering angle, and total mass or weight among the physical parameters, and total engine power, torque, and gear ratios among the dynamic parameters. Because of the physical and dynamic differences between different model vehicles, the electronic steering stability system may operate differently in one vehicle as opposed to another vehicle.