Throttle Practice and relative perofrmance

[Nasher]

Originally Posted by Biggles

A What

Derived from the Latin - Killius Cordicus.

A form of safety bondage device linking the 'Bowie knife between the teeth' Rib driver in mind and body to the vessel of his choice. And a close relation of my favorite subject Spare Killius Cordicus which is to be found hidden in the depths of a locker somewhere for when the unfortunate driver has gone over the side and his passengers need to restart the engine to go and collect him.

Nasher.

[jwalker]

Autopilot does the steering and the throttle looks after itself. That leaves one hand for putting in another CD and the other for pickin me nose.

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

depends where your coming from, but learning to spell is a good start

Well deflected Mr Big, but rather irrelevant and if it's all the same to you, I'd still rather you and your dangerously over-confident ribnobbers stayed well away from me whilst you're 'performing'.

[MarkWildey]

Originally Posted by Jonny Fuller

Well deflected Mr Big, but rather irrelevant and if it's all the same to you, I'd still rather you and your dangerously over-confident ribnobbers stayed well away from me whilst you're 'performing'.

No passing to close to you then , glad to see our American friends have tamed you as we don't want to increase our insurance premiums

[Jonny Fuller]

Originally Posted by MarkWildey

No passing to close to you then , glad to see our American friends have tamed you as we don't want to increase our insurance premiums

That was an arranged video shoot, and you know it! feckin trouble maker!

[Nick Hearne]

The red bit of string just gets in the way so leave it hanging!
Push the throttle forward one hand on the wheel to steady your self as you do not want to spill the gin!
Works for me!

[Carl]

right foot on foot throttle(cant believe it hasnt been mentioned) both hands on sterring wheel. or after being at the pub all day right foot on throttle,left hand for beer(thats where the bottle holder is) and right hand for marlboros,steering is carried out by right knee

[RIVA]

on a flat day we all know a solent hull is quick, and on a choppy day we know which is far quicker !!!!!!!!

if you ever fancy putting it to the test let me know??

lets pick the weather !!! and we did offer lee pink slips ??????????? quite a few years ago

[simmons0]

I think they'd be very evenly matched. I know who'd be missing a few fillings after a blast on a choppy day though!
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[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Nasher

After attaching my kill cord (Mr Fuller) I drive with my Right hand on the wheel and my left hand gripping around the upright part of the lever rather than the usual handle at the top.
I find this gives me much finer control, especially when bouncing about a bit.

Same here, except throttle side is reversed (left hand steers, right hand on binnacle, controlling the throttle shaft.)

If I need the radio, I use throttle hand, for GPS adjustments, I use the steering hand (this probably has more to do with the layout than anything, though.)

jky

[Cookee]

I'm with Carl on this one - both hands on the wheel, using index fingers for trim and a foot throttle - Verados even have a Digital foot throttle option available now and it's fantastic!

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Cookee

I'm with Carl on this one - both hands on the wheel, using index fingers for trim and a foot throttle - Verados even have a Digital foot throttle option available now and it's fantastic!

What's the feedback like from it?

The drive by wire systems fitted to a lot of commercial vehicles have practically no feedback and feel horrible

[Biggles]

Matt,

Believe it or not I have drive by wire on my car and it feels just like a normal car. Their is a spring fitted to give feedback and this seems to work fine. I certainly can't tell the difference.

Nick.

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Biggles

Matt,

Believe it or not I have drive by wire on my car and it feels just like a normal car. Their is a spring fitted to give feedback and this seems to work fine. I certainly can't tell the difference.

Nick.

A lot have-some feel great and are just right. The first lot of new Transits and LDV vans are horrible though-you have to hold your foot in the air as there's no natural 'resting point'.

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

A lot have-some feel great and are just right. The first lot of new Transits and LDV vans are horrible though-you have to hold your foot in the air as there's no natural 'resting point'.

We,ve got loads of new Transits at work and they ain't very well put together in the engine department at all. All sorts of funny things with them. Strange noises etc.

But they are getting more and more like a car. Much bigger as well.

As for LDV. Death traps. Road manners of a Morris Minor.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Nos4r2

What's the feedback like from it?

The drive by wire systems fitted to a lot of commercial vehicles have practically no feedback and feel horrible

As with everything it's down to setup - we changed the cable entry from front to rear so that all of the electronics were hidden from sight and adjusted the spring tension "till it felt about right" and it was no different to a normal foot throttle.

The response was incredible with amazing engine breaking, and the engines themselves are very quiet, so that takes some getting used to when "pressing on"!

[Ribomaniatic]

I think what the real issue is though, is to whether it's ever acceptable to have the throttle fixed forward with a lanyard cable, at full throttle, even if its a dead calm day?

So seen on the Alderney cruise on a certain Ribeye...

I've always been taught that you can never know what might happen, and there is no way to react quickly, epecially as we were travelling in fairly close company, and if another RIB cut across, there would be no room for manouverability, let alone powering off...

Also we all know Solents have great speed in the calm, and even if they are about 2 knots slower in the rough than the Ballistic, thay make up for it with a much lighter and more comfortable ride

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by Mugshot

Mark, you've posted in the wrong thread!

One hand on the throttle it will get you out of trouble a lot quicker than the steering wheel will.

I personally think you could swop the engines and the happymaxi would still be faster. I don't bang on about em just cos I am stubborn.

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[rugrat]

on the rare occurance that i do take my hand off the throttle i still never grip the wheel with two hands.....i just feels weird to me