Kick Turn feature - how to keep button pressed during turn?

[mitochondria]

How do you keep holding on to the steering wheel buttons while the wheel is turning wildly? When I let go of the steering wheel buttons kick turn disengaged.

Haven’t seen any videos except Doug which cuts to the outside of the vehicle as it begins.

Edit: Well, I read the owners guide and it looks like there’s a long list of things that can kick you out of it. Apparently you just press the buttons once. I will keep trying.

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[hammick]

Not sure. Crabwalk was fun to play with on my Sierra EV a few times but in reality it's just a circus trick. I hope kick turn is useful. You quad guys deserve all the fun you can get after dropping that amount of coin.

 

[chrengel]

Haven’t had a chance to try kick turn yet, but thought the whole point was that you do NOT turn your steering wheel and that you are not supposed to. The kick turn does the turning.

 

[mitochondria]

Haven’t had a chance to try kick turn yet, but thought the whole point was that you do NOT turn your steering wheel and that you are not supposed to. The kick turn does the turning.

That is correct but the disengagement options are 1. Letting off the accelerator and, 2. Letting go of the buttons on the steering wheel.

I’m still wrapping my head around how do you hold the two buttons on either side of the steering wheel while the wheel is turning around and around without twisting your arm?

 

[Swezey]

That is correct but the disengagement options are 1. Letting off the accelerator and, 2. Letting go of the buttons on the steering wheel.

I’m still wrapping my head around how do you hold the two buttons on either side of the steering wheel while the wheel is turning around and around without twisting your arm?

Isn't the point of kick turn so you don't need to turn the wheel as much? More accelerator perhaps instead of more wheel turn?

Does make for an awkward turning the wheel regardless

 

[kanundrum]

Kick turn doesn't need steering input wheel to stand in place and turn, that is the whole point of quad motor. A set of motors does a inverse action versus the other set of motors to turn in the direction accordingly.

Now if you want to use kick, turn in motion to do figure eights. That is when you need to do steering wheel turning motions.

I used kick turn back in September with rivians lead engineer for special projects Brian gase and it is a fun trick.

 

[Swezey]

Context is key.
Kick turn has 2 uses. With and without steering input.

For hairpin turns - steering wheel input is needed. (can be used more accurately stated)

360 spins - no steering input.

 

[hammick]

So does kick turn have any protections built in to keep people from leaving the road? I'm envisioning someone trying to use it on a technical mountain switchback so they don't have to make a three point turn. I someone is crazy enough to take a 130k vehicle hardcore off road they are crazy enough to try kick turn on that road.

 

[kanundrum]

So does kick turn have any protections built in to keep people from leaving the road? I'm envisioning someone trying to use it on a technical mountain switchback so they don't have to make a three point turn. I someone is crazy enough to take a 130k vehicle hardcore off road they are crazy enough to try kick turn on that road.

It checks surface angle/level and you need to engage from a stand still etc lots of safe checks

 

[Time2Roll]

So does kick turn have any protections built in to keep people from leaving the road? I'm envisioning someone trying to use it on a technical mountain switchback so they don't have to make a three point turn. I someone is crazy enough to take a 130k vehicle hardcore off road they are crazy enough to try kick turn on that road.

If the person is stuck doing this on a shelf road for the first time I would say they are crazy for not practicing.
I would assume the vehicle will allow the driver to kick-turn off the side of a mountain. Same as the vehicle will not prevent the driver from just driving off the side. Many things in life have no guardrails. Be safe out there.

 

[Time2Roll]

I’m still wrapping my head around how do you hold the two buttons on either side of the steering wheel while the wheel is turning around and around without twisting your arm?

Why would the steering wheel be turning?
If the driver could turn the wheel and turn around there is no need for the kick-turn.

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