How To Brake?

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Originally Posted by FTS

No doubt smooth is faster, but I am putting an argument as to whether the input or output need to be smoother, or are they the same?

I think this is a truly excellent question!

The point of my previous post, which I didn't manage to state very clearly, is as follows: the car being a dynamic system of the spring/mass/damper kind, needs sinusoidal inputs in order to generate linear - i.e. smooth - outputs.

Sinusoidal meaning slowly initially, then accelerating to fairly quick, then decelerating input to the steering, the throttle, and in case of this thread, application to the brake.

I like this theory because it encompasses most of the comments from from different people, and it seems to work in real life too!

-Christian