John
I believe Tom Bryant did a study on this with his coupe a couple of years
ago and found he was loading the rear to much. Don't remember if this was
before or after the crash. I'm sure he will have some input on this.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: high speed stability
> Trying to get a handle on this high speed stability issue for my own
benifit.
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> The problem:
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> Vehicle high speed stability
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> Dependent on traction, both front and rear.
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> For the majority of us traction is dependent on weight or down force.
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> There comes a point at which it is impractical to add additional weight.
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> There are limits to adding down force based on class rules and body
design.
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> Seems the we often forget that stability is as much about steering and the
> front end as it is about planting the tires on the rear end. Wonder how
many
> cars are ill handling because they have too much down force on the rear
and
> not enough on the front?
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> John
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> #79 C/GCC
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