SHM(super highway mode) on the FIT using the SGII:
These numbers were achieved at about 67F temperatures outside and the terrain or road was relatively flat. I was able to maintain this with a bit lower LOD, IGN and MPH which is expected. LOD seems to be easier to maintain than the IGN. IGN seems a bit fickle or rather I am not sure what really affects the IGN. I wanted to achieve the same LOD so I could demonstrate that the mpg of 55 is achievable at a certain LOD while the IGN and MPH can vary to some extent, also noting that maintaining anything constant is almost impossible depending upon ones terrain/road.
My last set of data was from using cruise control after achieving the SHM mode. The cruise control obviously keeps the MPH constant(for the most part) while the LOD and IGN varies more than in the SHM mode. I wanted to demonstrate here that the SHM should be higher than or yield better MPG than cruise control which it did although not by much. The cruise control set at 50mph(by the speedometer) yields what I have seen other FITs(of my model) yield, so it was a control as well.
Findings:
LOD: 46
IGN: 36
MPH: 47
MPG: 55.4
LOD: 46
IGN: 33
MPH: 49
MPG: 57.0
WHEN USING CRUICE CONTROL:
LOD: 49
IGN: 34
MPH: 48
MPG: 53.1
