Not quite how gyroscopes work. The wheels, in this case, are rotating in the incorrect axis to prevent this kind of motion. As long as he was full throttle when he left the ramp, that was the only way he could have prevented this. It appeared from the video that he was full throttle leaving the ramp, so this was just…
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I have a friend with a garage full of awesome cars. He worked very hard for what he has, and is super cool and generous with everything he has been blessed with. He has this SWEET (single) turbocharged rotary FD RX-7 with about 600 HP. It does pretty well in the Texas Mile, but he brought it to an autocross once, and…
Oh crap, that was silly. I got the names mixed up somehow. I meant "Panoz", not "Bowlby". Make that replacement, and what I said above makes sooooo much more sense.
The crux of the issue should be in the paperwork. If Bowlby did nothing to protect his design in the aftermath of the Nissan split, Nissan should have every right to exploit the benefits of what is basically a unique chassis arrangement.
So Nissan and Panoz are fighting it out over whether or not Nissan’s ZEOD RC electric race car is a copy of the DeltaWing design and now, just a few laps into the race, the non-electric part of the car failed. Is Don Panoz a voodoo witch doctor?
I had one on my G35. Came on the car when I bought it. After about a year, the whole thing cracked apart into a million little pieces in the intense South Texas sun and the glue became permanent. It was terrible.
Holy crap. This is like Pixar's Cars crossed with Fight Club.
I interpret this more as the guys are oogling over the engine bay.
Among engineers and educators, this explanation of lift force is referred to as the "equal transit theory", and while it is is easy to swallow, it is quite incorrect. The assumption that something will force the air over the top of the wing to move more quickly to meet the air at the trailing edge of the the airfoil,…
Yeah...yeah it is, although your explanation was very convincing. If you don't believe me, this was the first result which came up in a quick google search, it seems to go into a great deal of detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_(for…
Even though you're acting like a huge pretentious douchebag and assuming all kinds of stuff about my own level of knowledge (which apparently rustles your jimmies as well), I will concede, you are correct. If we're talking peak forces only, then we shouldn't need the exact slip angle. I figured that, based on this…
To be fair, two ways of saying the same thing. The majority of lift created by a wing is due to its angle of attack and is newtonian in nature. "Throwing air down" is funny way of saying momentum transfer, which is part of how a wing creates lift.
Wait, are you seriously on an internet blog pretending to be Hans Pacejka to lend yourself credibility? I have witnessed a new low. HA!
The cornering force produced by the tire is dependent on slip angle and its cornering stiffness. I don't know how you could nail down the "grip" without the slip angle.
Because of the weird way (for lack of a better turn) pneumatic tires grip asphalt, coefficients of friction don't really apply. The coefficient of friction varies over the entire tire's load range, not even including temperature. It also often exceeds 1.0. This is what OP is talking about. Basing traction…
I just want to acknowledge how good The Roman's guitar covers have become. Guys is seriously improving. Open mic night here he comes...where he'll play Santana and Wonderwall.
Context? I don't know what you're talking about...
regarding the second video: Not necessarily saying it wasn't the driver's fault, but oversteer and understeer aren't additive quantities. You can't just "flat it out and induce power oversteer" in order to mitigate understeer. If your front tires are getting away from you, and you overpower the rear tires, then just…
The wheel clearly comes off before he even strikes the barriers. How else do you think the wheel on the OTHER side of the car as the impact comes off?