Animated demo of HSD

Bill Merchant · 10-10-2006, 02:08 PM

There are several good animations of how the HSD works, some produced by PC members, but they are all schematic. Toyota now has a 3-D one at the Prius demo link on the new HSD mini-site. It shows a Prius starting up, accelerating, cruising, braking, and backing up. It requires a plug-in to view, which is available for both Win and Mac platforms and several browsers.

The demo shows how the Prius uses power. It's a good explanation, but lots of things dear to the driving habits of many PC members, such as dead-banding and pulse-and-glide, are not addressed.

brandon · 10-10-2006, 02:36 PM

Just a heads-up - the link referenced above seems to be crashing my Firefox browser. Works fine through IE though.

eagle33199 · 10-10-2006, 03:01 PM

The link didn't work in Firefox for me (just sat there), but also didn't crash the browser. worked fine in IE.

I liked it, overall, but would have loved to have an illustration on the side showing what the planetary gear was doing at the same time.

iaowings · 10-10-2006, 04:22 PM

That thing crashes the @#$# out of fire fox

Bill Merchant · 10-10-2006, 04:39 PM

Sorry the link crashes Firefox. It works fine in Safari after I downloaded and installed the plug-in. Before I installed the plug-in it just gave me a somewhat disorganized HTML page with a link to download the plug-in.

kDB · 10-10-2006, 04:52 PM

I tried with Minefield 3.0a1nightly (last nights build of Firefox beta), page works, but plug-in won't auto install.

I downloaded the plug-in installer, installed fine into minefield's plug-in folder. Only problem is I can't see the left 1/3 of the plug-in, which is where all the good stuff happens.

MechaJohn · 10-10-2006, 05:29 PM

Nice demo! Thanks for sharing it Bill.

ekpolk · 10-10-2006, 07:56 PM

Gee, I never realized that the 1NZ was a V-4 engine. . . :P

Sorry, couldn't resist. Otherwise a nice animation. I've viewed that one directly from Toyota.com. I'm still looking for one that combines the Toyota view of the car in motion with the nice details members here have created showing how the PSD actually operates. For some reason (maybe why I'm not an engineer...), I still have trouble visualizing the transition from PSD to the drive wheels.

hobbit · 10-10-2006, 08:26 PM

That's the long-standing problem with Toyota, they always try to
shove this frequently dysfunctional scripting garbage down your
throat any time you get anywhere near their web site. If enough
people would unlame and send mail to webmaster@toyota.com pointing
out "sorry, I don't enable any of that due to very valid security
concerns", maybe they might begin to get the idea. But that first
requires that people actually care.
.
_H*

john1701a · 10-10-2006, 08:50 PM

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I'm still looking for one that combines the Toyota view of the car in motion with the nice details members here have created showing how the PSD actually operates. For some reason (maybe why I'm not an engineer...), I still have trouble visualizing the transition from PSD to the drive wheels.
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What specifically is your request? I'd certainly try to provide it (update to my animations)... if you can describe what you'd like to see.

Since MG2 (the big motor, depicted as the outer ring) is directly linked to the wheels, they move whenever it moves. So including that would not actually add anything.

10-10-2006, 02:08 PM	#1
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 3,964 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 6 Times in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 1 Friends: 53	There are several good animations of how the HSD works, some produced by PC members, but they are all schematic. Toyota now has a 3-D one at the Prius demo link on the new HSD mini-site. It shows a Prius starting up, accelerating, cruising, braking, and backing up. It requires a plug-in to view, which is available for both Win and Mac platforms and several browsers. The demo shows how the Prius uses power. It's a good explanation, but lots of things dear to the driving habits of many PC members, such as dead-banding and pulse-and-glide, are not addressed. __________________ Bill Bill.Merchant@PortlandHSD.info 2007 NL 5 Silver Wraith 2005 BC 6 Silver Cloud Portland Area HSD Meetup Group: PortlandHSD.info Become carbon neutral: Carbonfund.org or TerraPass.com

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10-10-2006, 02:36 PM	#2
brandon Proud member of the "Lunatic Fringe" Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manhattan, KS Posts: 769 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Just a heads-up - the link referenced above seems to be crashing my Firefox browser. Works fine through IE though.

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eagle33199 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,648 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	The link didn't work in Firefox for me (just sat there), but also didn't crash the browser. worked fine in IE. I liked it, overall, but would have loved to have an illustration on the side showing what the planetary gear was doing at the same time.

10-10-2006, 04:22 PM	#4
iaowings Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 450 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	That thing crashes the @#$# out of fire fox

10-10-2006, 04:39 PM	#5
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 3,964 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 6 Times in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 1 Friends: 53	Sorry the link crashes Firefox. It works fine in Safari after I downloaded and installed the plug-in. Before I installed the plug-in it just gave me a somewhat disorganized HTML page with a link to download the plug-in.

10-10-2006, 04:52 PM	#6
kDB Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fenton, MO Posts: 243 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I tried with Minefield 3.0a1nightly (last nights build of Firefox beta), page works, but plug-in won't auto install. I downloaded the plug-in installer, installed fine into minefield's plug-in folder. Only problem is I can't see the left 1/3 of the plug-in, which is where all the good stuff happens.

10-10-2006, 05:29 PM	#7
MechaJohn Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 51 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Nice demo! Thanks for sharing it Bill.

10-10-2006, 07:56 PM	#8
ekpolk The Regenerator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pensacola FL Posts: 363 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Gee, I never realized that the 1NZ was a V-4 engine. . . :P Sorry, couldn't resist. Otherwise a nice animation. I've viewed that one directly from Toyota.com. I'm still looking for one that combines the Toyota view of the car in motion with the nice details members here have created showing how the PSD actually operates. For some reason (maybe why I'm not an engineer...), I still have trouble visualizing the transition from PSD to the drive wheels.

10-10-2006, 08:26 PM	#9
hobbit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bahstahn Posts: 2,989 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	That's the long-standing problem with Toyota, they always try to shove this frequently dysfunctional scripting garbage down your throat any time you get anywhere near their web site. If enough people would unlame and send mail to webmaster@toyota.com pointing out "sorry, I don't enable any of that due to very valid security concerns", maybe they might begin to get the idea. But that first requires that people actually care. . _H*