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French translation: à la volée (passage ou sélection des rapports à la volée)

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English term or phrase:	shift-on-the-fly
French translation:	à la volée (passage ou sélection des rapports à la volée)

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19:54 Apr 23, 2009

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English term or phrase: shift-on-the-fly

Definition from autoevolution:
Most part-time four-wheel drive systems in the past required their drivers to stop the vehicle and manually lock the front hubs in order to engage the all-wheel drive mode. Modern systems now have automatic front hubs locking, which translates into the ability to "shift-on-the-fly" from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive mode.

Example sentence(s):

Technical specifications include a supercharged 1.6L, inline-four engine (160 hp and 155 lb-ft of torque) and a four-speed automatic transmission coupled with a shift-on-the-fly transfer case with full-time four-wheel drive and low-range modes. 4Wheel & off-road
To the left of the pod are three switches, one for electronic control of the four wheel drive shift on the fly system, the other two are for cruise control and the fogs. The Auto Channel
Of course, the key feature for the Suzuki XL-7 4WD beast is its shift-on-the-fly four-wheel drive which will power you through just about anything you throw at it. new-cars.com

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à la volée (passage ou sélection des rapports à la volée)

Definition:
"à la volée" signifie qu'on peut embrayer ou désembrayer des rapports de transmission ou des roues motrices sans immobiliser le véhicule.

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à la volée (passage ou sélection des rapports à la volée)

Christian Laurin

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Passage à la volée

Fabien Champême

crabotage à la volée

sylvan pradel

dans la foulée

jmleger

passer les rapports à la volée (verbe), passage des rapports à la volée (nom)

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Passage à la volée

Definition from Glossaire Jeep:
Possibilité de passer du mode deux roues motrices au mode quatre roues motrices alors que le véhicule roule.

Example sentence(s):

Détail intéressant, le passage de deux à quatre roues motrices peut se faire à la volée en roulant (jusqu’à 80 km/h), au même titre que l’activation du réducteur (jusqu’à 8 km/h). - Challenges.fr

Explanation:
L'expression peut légèrement varier selon les constructeurs. Par exemple sur le Grand Dictionnaire, on peut voir que Nissan semble utiliser l'expression "sélection à la volée".

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à la volée (passage ou sélection des rapports à la volée)

Definition from own experience or research:
"à la volée" signifie qu'on peut embrayer ou désembrayer des rapports de transmission ou des roues motrices sans immobiliser le véhicule.

Example sentence(s):

(...) Malgré le couple et la puissance, les rapports peuvent s'enchaîner à la volée (...) - www.automobile-sportive.com
(...) indispensable pour rétrograder à la volée sans martyriser la transmission (...) - Paru vendu
(...) signifie qu'il n'est pas question de passer les rapports à la volée, plein gaz et sans débrayer (...) Source: tibono.free.fr/essai_patrol.html - Essai routier

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dans la foulée

Definition from own experience or research:
Cat technical dictionary. They manufacture a lot of machines with such systems.

Example sentence(s):

La transmission PowerShuttle possède un levier de vitesses ergonomique pour changer les rapports de boîte de vitesses dans la foulée - Grunderco

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passer les rapports à la volée (verbe), passage des rapports à la volée (nom)

Definition from www.emag.peugeot.fr:
Cette nouvelle BMP6 peut réconcilier les adeptes de l’automatisme avec les aficionados du passage des rapports à la volée.

Example sentence(s):

Mis à part cela, la C2 reste très agréable en ville et il en est de même sur les nationales où on s'amuse à passer les rapports à la volée. - Caradisiac

Explanation:
As found in the bilingual "Dictionnaire technique de l'automobile" by Thierry Goursau.

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crabotage à la volée

Definition from own experience or research:
le crabotage à la volée permet de passer du mode 2WD au mode 4WD sans nécessiter l'arrêt du véhicule

Example sentence(s):

see previous field - from french user's manuals

Explanation:
The word "crabotage" applies specifically, and only, to the operation from 2WD to 4WD.
The word "Passage de vitesse", as the name says, applies specifically to shifting from one gear to the one up or down.
In both caes, "on the fly" means "à la volée"

sylvan pradel
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