Good, safe job Eskrimast1!
BBB,
My FAS last for several minutes each all the way to zero seconds.
If I'm in a creepy crawler traffic jam I'll often start her up for a nudge, then shut her down again and slowly roll a couple of hundred feet.
Like in the video I made.
Typically I'll get off the gas and wait for the RPM's to drop below 1k, switch it to off for 1-2 seconds then reboot.
Speaking of the video, you'll notice about 14 miles of almost constant staircased uphills. These can really hold the MPG down if not extremely careful.
But on the way home
at 2:45AM they are a true blessing.
Completely abandoned except for the occasional critter wandering about,
I FAS down the gentle hills:
The first FAS is for ~1/2 mile to a stoplight. Speed is about 35 and I can see the light far off and since it is on a timer, I can adjust myself and make it green.
(This is the first light I turn Right at in my video)
Next one is approaching a light that is always red that I would usually go straight through without turning.
1/2 mile away I'll FAS @ 45MPH. As I approach the light I'm going about 20MPH.
Still in FAS I'll hang a right (Legal), travel about 150 feet and turn Left onto a short road, still in FAS. Now since the road is a slight downhill I'm slowly gaining speed. As I approach the original road I was on, seeing zero cars on the road I'll restart, put in gear, merge and be on my way.
Total FAS is about 2/3 mile.
Next one might happen up to a light that us not predictable, not timable.
If I'm approaching it and caught off gaurd, I'll FAS up to it.
(This is the 1st ot two lights of the traffic jam in my video)
About 1/2 mile past the light I'll be going 35-40MPH and FAS ~1/4mile to the top of a long, gentle 1/2 mile hill. I'll roll down to the bottom picking up speed to about 45-50MPH and continue in FAS another 1/2 mile or so until my speed is 40MPH.
Then I restart and set my FCD to 40MPG to overcome a couple of slight hills, and to gain speed for the next FAS, which is a long one.
At about 45MPH I'll shut her down and roll about 2 miles down a gentle hill.
At the end I'm going about 35MPH.
There is a short but steep hill to climb about a mile ahead so I'll restart and again set the MPG to 40 with Assist on and off.
I'll reach the base of the hill going about 50MPH, shut off Assist if it is on and hold the FCD on 44-46MPH and ride the hill up to the top. At that time I'm going about 35-40MPH.
Time for another long reboot.
Another FAS and I'll gently roll down the other side of that hill, go about a mile and up another hill.
Since I'm still in FAS I crest that 1/4 mile hill going 25-30MPH. Rolling down that hill another 1/2 mile and up another hill then I'll start her back up.
Again targeting 40-48MPG I'll gain speed back down the hill to about 50 at the basin, then begin climbing a taller one beyond.
At the top of that hill I'm going about 40MPH and is another long FAS.
I'll reboot and roll up & down gently rolling hills about a mile to a light.
(This is the 2nd light in my video)
Now this light is situated on the other side of a curb.
Acutal sight of the light is about 1/8 mile away.
You have to understand that at 3:00AM there is alot of humid mist in the air.
I can usually see what color the light is up to ~1/2 mile away
by the color of the mist being carried by that light.
When it turns green I have a good 2 minutes to make it.
If it's green mist I'll restart and get to about 40MPG touching Assist and 75% catch it green.
If
I see red mist, I remain in FAS until I stop.
After the light is a tall, short hill.
At the top of the hill I'll do another FAS for about 1/2 mile.
Then I restart @ 40MPH and gain speed going downhill in the 44-48MPH range to the base of the large hills in the first part of my video. My target speed at the base of these uphills is about 55.
At the top of those hills I'm going about 30MPH.
Time for another reboot, about 1/2 mile to the first light in my video.
I restart at the light and turn Right, climb a series of small hills and reboot for another long run (More than 2 miles) and make a hard turn. Still in FAS I'll roll a distance to my subdivision.
Since it's all uphill to my home I'll restart and immediately get to and hold it at exactly 20MPG to a certain landmark (Someone's mailbox) and another FAS to the house. 20MPG to that specific mailbox was found by experimentation.
This carries me through my fence, now at "pushing" speed where I roll into my parking area.
Note that while I can't do most of those FAS's during the day, yes I can and do some of them safely.
If you're a newbee or otherwise don't know about the video I made on my way to work last Spring, it can be found here:
http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/s...7&postcount=32
Thanks for reading this novel!