What are "powerloss" and "massfactor" in vehicle xml?

Any discussion on using LapTimer. Please use this forum in case you need guidance on how to use LapTimer or perform a certain operation
Post Reply
the_jeby
Fewer than 10 Posts
Fewer than 10 Posts
Posts: 9
Joined: Sun May 10, 2015 4:47 pm

What are "powerloss" and "massfactor" in vehicle xml?

Post by the_jeby »

Goodmorning,

I'm messing around with a .hvehl file for my car to edit the cW and frontSurface and I found this two entries:

<powerloss>0.180000</powerloss>
<massfactor>1.100000</massfactor>

what do they mean?

Thanks
gplracerx
20 or more Posts ★★★
20 or more Posts ★★★
Posts: 836
Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 5:26 am
Location: Kingsport, TN USA

Re: What are "powerloss" and "massfactor" in vehicle xml?

Post by gplracerx »

At a guess, power loss would be an estimate of the fraction of power lost from the flywheel to the wheels. Mass factor might be the inverse of volumetric efficiency.
User avatar
Harry
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 10639
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:32 am
Location: Siegum, Germany
Contact:

Re: What are "powerloss" and "massfactor" in vehicle xml?

Post by Harry »

Both parameters are not used currently. They are part of my endless research and test implementations of "power generated by an engine". I have 4 different calculations for power and torque in place. 2 of them are used (Engine View and video overlays) and two others are "sleeping" currently. This is one of the sleeping functions.

- Harry
Image Image Image Image
Post Reply