Stability Control - Explained

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  • @HeleneBJean
    @HeleneBJean 8 років тому +81

    You are a born communicator! It isn't easy for grandmothers like myself to learn about these concepts but you make them totally understandable, thanks!😊

    • @Ben-jq5oo
      @Ben-jq5oo 5 років тому +1

      He's good isn't he :))

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому +15

    Essentially, it doesn't really steer the car but it alters the dynamics making it steer more neutrally, allowing a safe turn.

  • @taxsi
    @taxsi 5 років тому +12

    best explanation in youtube in 2019. less than under 3 minutes.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому +3

    Good question. I believe that brake lights are connected to the actual brake pedal, so they only turn on if the pedal is pushed.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  13 років тому +10

    @Diemorder I'll be graduating with my BSME in two months. :)

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  13 років тому

    @IronPump89 Both; when braking it doesn't make too much difference.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому +1

    It's going to try and correct your rotation, so the tire that can do that will apply the brakes. If you're oversteering a right hand corner (wheels kick out to the left) the front left tire will brake initially, then if the car slides out too much the left rear tire will brake to control the moment.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  13 років тому

    @PixelBanger Not entirely sure, though I would assume it would use an accelerometer (or multiple) to feel the forces on the car. Once the tires are pointed one direction but there isn't an opposing force (via the tires) and no acceleration is felt, the car could assume it was sliding.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому +2

    Likely from a system of accelerometers, as well as using the direction of the tire to see if the two match up.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  13 років тому

    @marcusthedog Well, a lot of sources. The most help came from researching Ford's AdvanceTrac stability control system, they did a good job of explaining it. As for most of my material it either comes from online or reading of automotive engineering books.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому

    Yep!

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому +1

    It will start with left front, go to left rear if it needs to; the goal is to not let the car rotate enough to need to, since you'd be fairly sideways at that point.

  • @ebhole
    @ebhole 10 місяців тому

    I subscribed just because of how clear your explanations are even without Animations. the best engineering explanations i've seen.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому

    I didn't really learn this stuff from college courses, check out my faqs for some answers regarding this. You can find the link on my "about" tab.

  • @yessicamartinez9763
    @yessicamartinez9763 10 років тому +3

    im a sistemology student of engineering, but i love your videos explaining how cars work, good job dude!, I drive a smart

  • @zaynezaman
    @zaynezaman 3 роки тому +1

    The actual G.O.A.T when it comes to explaining concepts

  • @xSiLeNtKiLax
    @xSiLeNtKiLax 12 років тому

    Your end word of advice on using it for safety situations rather than speeding situations is great advice to have added to this video! Awesome!

  • @melbournecrosbie
    @melbournecrosbie 6 років тому +1

    Really helpful video. Definitions for understeer & oversteer better than many text books.

  • @pushpendubiswas3439
    @pushpendubiswas3439 Місяць тому

    i was looking for this simple explanation for a long time. thanks!

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому

    Not saying that at all. The system operates when your vehicle is on, period. But you can't simply swerve to the left lane, then swerve to the right lane at 80 mph and expect everything to be fine.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому

    Excellent!

  • @ARADPLAYMY
    @ARADPLAYMY 2 місяці тому

    Tbh 1st impression before i fully watch ur video, seems like it might be just an average guy trying to do explanation about something, but turns your explanation is very easy to understand with ur simple example.. perfect for ppl like me who just started to really understand the tech in vehicles. Thanks for your video, gonna subs to ur channel 👍🏻🙏🏻

  • @bandile_sisonke
    @bandile_sisonke 2 роки тому

    You’ve come so far! I enjoy your channel

  • @NightNurseMike
    @NightNurseMike 6 років тому

    Porsche SUV’s have a feature that prevents rollovers by locking the brakes on the front outside wheel in emergency maneuvers. The wheel remains locked to the degree necessary to reduce rollover risk by measuring steering angle speed and vehicle speed. Their small SUV(macan) got results that confused the people doing the “moose test” on another channel. How does locking the brakes up prevent a rollover?

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  11 років тому

    It will attempt to, yes.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому

    Not sure, maybe some models flash a light just as a safety measure.

  • @vlenhoff
    @vlenhoff 3 роки тому

    Brief, and clear explanation, bravo!

  • @kadukSnupi
    @kadukSnupi 7 років тому +1

    sometimes the hybrid Lsd with hand in hand with abs works to help us control the car when it goes to slippery or rough road because my car is not equipe wt this ESP. the car still go straigt not going to U turn or getting out of the road but will feel a little bit drifting.i think the max traction was work at rear wheel to give the car more power. i dont know but this is my experience a few week ago. The best way to safety drive is slow down when driving on bad road condition. really thankful to god because im not involved in accident.

  • @don.timeless4993
    @don.timeless4993 6 років тому

    Wow, we are in 2018 & you're with 2mil! Keep the good work

  • @Valdismith
    @Valdismith 7 років тому +1

    Hey dude, I do like your videos, I actually hadn't seen any in a while and I remembered now, as I was asking myself how is my ESP operating in a given situation. Basically I drive more violently, swerve and shake the car a lot, and I have stability engage many times a day, so I am used to it, and even feel which tire it attacks in a given situation. What you say is true, but I feel that most modern stability programs may attack more than 1 tire at a time. If you shake violently or slide rough, my car applies it at several points in a second or less. Maybe you are showing one tire so the example is simple where you put the pin/lock of the car, so it tends to rotate the direction you want it too,

  • @sergevivier956
    @sergevivier956 8 років тому +1

    GREAT EXPLANATION OF STABILITY CONTROL

  • @Porsche996TT
    @Porsche996TT 12 років тому

    Your videos are addictive man, keep it up :)

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  13 років тому

    @imthaman1234 I drive a 99' Integra, stock, no vtec. I have a video on FWD and RWD, just search my channel. Eventually I'll get around to AWD. Need to find a Subie in a junkyard when I've got free time.

  • @thaik56
    @thaik56 12 років тому

    Because someone once told that one of his friends had traction control and he was driving behind him during a snow storm and he saw the brake light being activated while the car was being stabilized.
    Back then, I didnt know brakes were involved, so I was kind of skeptical, but even now, I wonder why the brake light would be activated since the car entire car isnt really slowing down but rather just being stabilized.

  • @huracanian3051
    @huracanian3051 5 років тому

    👀Look how far you've come from this video lol .. I love wen I try to explain something to somebody I can always just go to one of your videos and you can explain it a 100% better and that they can understand it

  • @4x4.tests.on.rollers
    @4x4.tests.on.rollers 11 років тому

    That means that stability control will operate not only in order to prevent sliding, but it will also help to stabilize the car when it's already sliding.

  • @joe_limon
    @joe_limon 13 років тому

    Stability control makes an over or under steering vehicle into a neutral steering one at the expense of speed (since power is reduced and brakes are applied), a neutral steering vehicle can still skid into the ditch, it will just skid into the ditch with all 4 wheels equally losing traction.

  • @VedadRecords
    @VedadRecords 12 років тому

    Best Channel on UA-cam :)

  • @jitegemee
    @jitegemee 11 років тому

    So, are you saying stability control only works up to a certain speed. If so, what is this max speed?
    Good job explaining this stuff.

  • @tungstenseabass
    @tungstenseabass 9 років тому +2

    I'd love to see a vid on motorcycle safety controls

  • @TheBeliever-vu8wc
    @TheBeliever-vu8wc 6 років тому

    Very well explained

  • @4x4.tests.on.rollers
    @4x4.tests.on.rollers 11 років тому

    How will stability control operate while going sideways? I tried that once intentionally on a very slippery road - going slowly left turn and suddenly pushed hardly acceleration pedal (AWD car) - stability control reacted instantly, nevertheless rear of the car flinged out, so I had to counter steer and for a few seconds I was going sideways, stability control light was flashing during whole slide - which wheel was breaking while counter-steering?

    • @Valdismith
      @Valdismith 7 років тому

      4 years alter, but if I may answer this question on his behalf, some people may see the video asking how it works now. From experience I have done this thousand times, in FWD car and AWD Subaru's. Basically f you shake the car to the point where the tail kicks out for example to the left, the left front tire will react as a pin to help rotate the car to its straight position. Like the author of the video said, also the left rear tire will kick in. Now I think what you are asking is, what happens if you counter-steer to help the situation, as if there was no Stability Control on the vehicle, correct. I have done it many times, most situations still the same activated to break with ABS effect by the Stability- left front, left rear. What dies the counter-steer do then, if applied properly it additionally helps the situation- my own experience though.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому

    Well you can always try to get a job, and see what you end up getting, you're not forced to take any offers, so at least apply. And if you don't find anything you like, you could just continue your studies. Personally I was ready to get out after 4 years.

  • @Powaup
    @Powaup 13 років тому

    wow your awesome people pay money for this thanks for free knowledge, subscribed. just curious what kind of car do you drive and you should make a video on RWD AWD FWD and mid engine

  • @0bigantney0
    @0bigantney0 11 років тому

    Can traction control and stability control work all at once? It seems like it could be applied in your example on the right side the white board in a situation where is was raining with a small friction coefficient.

  • @miltonngwana2477
    @miltonngwana2477 3 роки тому

    Great job bro

  • @richardsimms251
    @richardsimms251 Рік тому

    Very good talk

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому +1

    Take that Red Bull! Haha thank you!

  • @molinobeer
    @molinobeer 12 років тому

    Intended path -> Streering wheel
    Actual path -> Inertial sensors (per example)

  • @davidpatricklemos
    @davidpatricklemos 6 років тому

    How much do the Stability Control systems differ between the various manufacturers?

  • @Mipeal
    @Mipeal 11 років тому +1

    on the second case how the Stability Control knows that at the second turn it isnt a regular turn to the right? If it did, it would brake the front right tire instead...

  • @jackbauer1567
    @jackbauer1567 8 років тому +1

    I see some videos on UA-cam where Ferraris, Lamborghini, mustang losing control especially when they accelerates fast. I saw a video Lamborghini was making a fast turn on intersection and he loses control and crashes, why they lose control?

    • @legaldacasa
      @legaldacasa 8 років тому

      the pilot disable the tractions control.

    • @jackbauer1567
      @jackbauer1567 8 років тому

      you mean all those super cars losing control turned their traction control off??

    • @govinlock8568
      @govinlock8568 6 років тому

      Jack Bauer the stability and traction control can altered by mechanics, tuners or the driver itself if they know how to alter it.

  • @PixelBanger
    @PixelBanger 13 років тому

    Great videos, subscribed!
    I understand how the car can determine the intended path (by driver inputs), but how does the car "know" the actual path it is on in order to make the proper adjustments? Is it monitoring the forces from the road through the tires?

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому

    Sure, watch my video on traction control. Just search my channel. :)

  • @kharabi101
    @kharabi101 12 років тому

    hii yr videos are totally great and really helping me to prepare for my exams bt i hv a bit out of track question..
    i will be graduating with my bachelors degree in ME nxt year so should i go overseas to pursue my masters degree in automobile and thn do a job or should i look for a job just after my graduation?? which will be a better prospect...
    just asking yr suggestion.
    cheers..

  • @kharabi101
    @kharabi101 12 років тому

    hey thanx for yr suggestion i will look forward to it.

  • @xopaus
    @xopaus 11 років тому

    please explain us: how the link satabilizer works? does it matter?

  • @wenbinf.4796
    @wenbinf.4796 12 років тому

    why in the over steering example the car does not apply break to the left back tire? if the car over steering too much and apply break to the left front tire. the car will start to spin.and it is unsafe. so why left front?

  • @sagaravijeetshukla
    @sagaravijeetshukla 7 років тому +1

    hi! as always this vidwo too is highly informative.
    i have a question.
    does this ESP system available only on automatic transmission??

    • @Valdismith
      @Valdismith 7 років тому

      No, it is available on most modern cars, and basically almost every car produced nowadays, which means manual also.

  • @Rieleyhunt
    @Rieleyhunt 4 роки тому

    You make my life so much easier taking Grade 11 Transportation Technology!

  • @sheeplord4976
    @sheeplord4976 4 роки тому

    I am gonna try to replicate this in the game stormworks. This is gonna be fun, I can just tell.

  • @Yoddy1
    @Yoddy1 12 років тому

    hi dude it sounds like tarction control nly. is this a sophisticated version of traction control......can you please make the difference between the two?

  • @mattyboy141
    @mattyboy141 8 років тому +4

    Almost killed me one rainy day. Now I know why.

  • @tokyobosco
    @tokyobosco 6 років тому

    Well explained!

  • @jeremiahs7749
    @jeremiahs7749 2 роки тому

    very well done.

  • @thaik56
    @thaik56 12 років тому

    When the computer makes the car brake in a certain wheel, does the brake light come up?

  • @NoelPee
    @NoelPee 12 років тому

    Awesome video is awesome!

  • @Yozzeus
    @Yozzeus 4 роки тому

    What can you tell me about stability control on in wet conditions vs off assuming you can magically turn off it .

  • @JoeJonesMusic
    @JoeJonesMusic 12 років тому

    as for the braking part. they already make those. only they're e-brakes, pushing the hydraulic ebrake forward brakes the left rear tire and pulling the ebrake would brake the right rear tire (or vice versa) it's made for drifting because if you brake the inside tire, it'll kick the rear end out SUPER easily. as for the reverse thing, that's literally impossible and i'd recommend watching his video on transmissions and you'll see why, and honestly, i don't see a benefit of doing this

  • @mike__db5643
    @mike__db5643 10 років тому +1

    Hi! Nice vids , i am watching them all.
    Whats the difference between ESP and ESC?

  • @dheerajparmar7903
    @dheerajparmar7903 8 років тому +1

    iam dheeraj parmar from indian iam automobile engineer student thanks sir your video very good

  • @zeldamaniac3188
    @zeldamaniac3188 3 роки тому

    Is it possible for a system like this to be designed to perform tight u-turns, intentionally, without a slippery surface?

  • @awesomedavid2012
    @awesomedavid2012 5 років тому

    Oh man found this oldie ✌️

  • @RBfarming
    @RBfarming 12 років тому

    What if the COG was to the other side of the front wheel? Wouldn't it just make the problem worse?

  • @rerezxl
    @rerezxl 12 років тому

    how about to discuss a u-split situation?

  • @oogiemaster
    @oogiemaster 13 років тому

    The question here is "How would a car knows when it is sliding?", Is there some sensor. gyro of some kind? I think an explanation on this should be included in this video; 'just saying! Overall, NICE!

  • @lohitroyal
    @lohitroyal 3 роки тому

    How different is vehicle stability control from electronic stability control?

    • @gearsofwar3xXx
      @gearsofwar3xXx 3 роки тому

      They're all the same system, just going by different names.

  • @ala4857
    @ala4857 8 років тому +1

    can you make a video about how to brake when to brake? have a car with out esp and van with abs and suv with esc.

  • @pranavtumkur3615
    @pranavtumkur3615 4 роки тому

    Assuming no slip?

  • @iiTsMacca
    @iiTsMacca 11 років тому

    FINALLY THANK YOU!

  • @HashsirHaroon1
    @HashsirHaroon1 3 роки тому

    Thankyou man

  • @mhh102
    @mhh102 12 років тому

    How does the car monitor its actual path?

  • @sogerc1
    @sogerc1 7 років тому +1

    So I guess the computer knows the intended path from the steering angle but how the hell does it know the actual path? Is there like a gyro in the car (like in a cellphone) or what?

    • @eg6199
      @eg6199 6 років тому

      sogerc1 yes, several in some cases.

  • @EngineeringExplained
    @EngineeringExplained  12 років тому

    Totally lost...

  • @smoothshifter7348
    @smoothshifter7348 5 років тому

    When he was explaining the under steer, isn't that differentials job?

  • @archmost
    @archmost 12 років тому

    Great, but can i add ESC to my car?

  • @apocalyptic1994
    @apocalyptic1994 12 років тому

    he is basically saying this: " a car that has four brake petals instead of one. instead of one break petal controlling all four wheels, the driver could manually stop each wheel with the break petal. he then states that it would be cool if the tires could go in reverse while the other tires are going forward or breaking, basically meaning all tires are free to do whatever they want, which probably wouldnt happen lol

  • @Chimera6297
    @Chimera6297 5 років тому

    it has only saved my life once
    other times it has almost ended it lmao

  • @joaomartins113
    @joaomartins113 7 років тому +1

    goo work

  • @sabbib007madness
    @sabbib007madness 11 років тому

    how does the ecu know that the car is not travelling in the intended direction

  • @PaytonDowns
    @PaytonDowns 3 роки тому

    Oldy but a goody

  • @dwayne_ong2814
    @dwayne_ong2814 5 років тому

    What would happen if there was a collision and the car says it has stability control damage

  • @alial-ali865
    @alial-ali865 4 роки тому

    GREAT

  • @oclvcarbon123
    @oclvcarbon123 12 років тому

    cool mate

  • @cowskater5
    @cowskater5 12 років тому

    what if there was a car withe 4 brake petals that contorled each wheel. it would be hard to drive but a cool challenge. it would also be cool if you could have some wheels in revirse while others a braking and moving forward. this would be a car u would have to drive on an airforce base haha

  • @tlschmidt71
    @tlschmidt71 Рік тому

    GM's StabiliTrak kicks A! It is why I can drive a 650hp car, yet my insurance cost is pocketchange.

  • @eatdapoopy345
    @eatdapoopy345 3 роки тому

    goated video

  • @obaidCarkey
    @obaidCarkey 11 років тому +11

    remember folks: A porsche carrera GT does NOT have stability control and that is what killed Paul Walker!

    • @CensoredBeginnings
      @CensoredBeginnings 10 років тому

      That's because it's a race car with plates and blinkers. Anyone can crash, but remember that just because you have the money doesn't mean you should get into such a fast and sensitive car.

    • @groupCAP
      @groupCAP 10 років тому

      It has very high lateral g at legal speeds it doesn't need stability control.... At (LEGAL) speeds.

    • @groupCAP
      @groupCAP 10 років тому

      It has very high lateral g at legal speeds it doesn't need stability control.... At (LEGAL) speeds.

    • @knadsady
      @knadsady 10 років тому +5

      YIC
      Paul Walker wasn't even driving... moron.

    • @Valdismith
      @Valdismith 7 років тому

      well then your comment is wrong, no disrespect.

  • @lanceareadbhar
    @lanceareadbhar Рік тому

    Stability control and traction control are the enemy to a drift in a RWD vehicle.

  • @hiimzackjones
    @hiimzackjones 12 років тому

    < 2002 wrx owner.