There are a lot of really interesting questions on the GEEZ
list right now and I really want to dive into them
(especially this one from Brian.) Unfortunately, I'm kinda
swamped right now. Give me a day or two, and I'll get into
this topic, and some of the others from last week.
As a thought starter, though, does anybody remember the
article I wrote for NAP about "Crosses, Diamonds and
Apples"? Brian sounds like he's running Diamonds (though
I'd need to see some runs to know that for sure.) The
symptoms, causes and cures are discussed in that article,
which I'll attempt to find in the next day or so.
THANKS!
--byron
Brian Kennedy wrote:
>
> I've been analyzing my trail-braking... questions arise.
>
> I brake hard very deep and soon start turning in,
> releasing the braking slowly as I add steering.
> My usage consistently drops to around 80% during
> trail-braking (it averages out around 86%).
> Overall my aggressiveness is rated low (80%).
>
> In looking at the friction circle formed, it seems
> a little pointy, as if I am transitioning linearly
> (the old string connected from steering wheel to
> foot behavior). If it should indeed be a circle,
> I need to release very little braking while I quickly
> add steering; get more linear trade in the middle, and
> then finally transition quickly off the brake as I
> slowly add in the last bit of steering. Seems to
> make sense.
>
> OTOH, I can't remember which corners, but I often do
> have some loss of traction during trail-braking.
> Such a loss of traction would be seen as a drop in
> friction, a drop in G's. It would look like a lack
> of aggressiveness, when in fact its caused by
> over-agressiveness.
>
> QUESTIONS:
>
> 1) Does Geez try to detect loss of friction from
> over-cooking a corner and treat it differently than
> simply unaggressiveness?
>
> 2) Does Geez have a notion of "over-aggressive"; or
> does that effectively show up as "lack of aggressiveness"?
>
> 3) I know certain things tend to give low usage... is
> trail-braking one of them? Or are others able to trail-brake
> and keep the usage numbers high throughout?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
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