Re: Magnetic Shocks! (no audi content)

[Bob <mx@snet.net>]

"Buchholz, Steven" wrote:
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> Fluids that change viscosity based on the applied magnetic field are not
> really that new, we've used them in the products that KLA sells for some
> time, but last I checked they are not cheap ... and I'd bet that our
> $2million system uses less than a single strut would hold (of course you get
> more than the fluid for that ... :).  If you simply wanted remote control of
> the damping you could remote control the valves ... that is what more than a
> few cars have d

How about applying 'synchro' technology to struts? When it sees two
objects slide past each other, they gel. Can you do degrees of viscosity
with this or is it an all or nothing.

Bob