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Re: Re: Weight and Balance stuff again

To: Glenn Ridlen <gridlen@yahoo.com>, John Goodman <ggl205@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Re: Weight and Balance stuff again
From: Sparky <wmtsmith@landracing.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:37:29 -0500
Glenn & John

My guess would be while it might be harder to get out of shape--it would be 
harder to "catch and stop" the rotating .  

John what % weight dist. front & rear did you shoot for with you Lakester?
wmts
> 
> From: Glenn Ridlen <gridlen@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2003/06/14 Sat PM 02:27:18 CDT
> To: John Goodman <ggl205@yahoo.com>,  land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Weight and Balance stuff again
> 
> John
> I agree rear engine cars tend to be tail heavy and can be problematic..mid 
>engine improves that greatly. That is probably the ultimate for low moment 
>since the heavy components are in the middle of the car.  That works really 
>well for road raceing and other events where turning quickly and under control 
>are important. We are trying to go in a straight line.... it seems to me that 
>a high moment would be an advantage. 
>                                                                               
>       Glenn
> 
> John Goodman <ggl205@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Glenn, I would think that the farther away you place
> weight from the intersection of CG and CA, the more
> difficult it will be to control or change direction of
> that weight. I believe this was always an issue with
> rear engined cars. Put the weight in front of the axle
> (mid-engine) and weight transfer is a bit easier to
> control and swapping the tail with the nose, not so
> problematic.
> 
> John
> 
> --- Glenn Ridlen wrote:
> > Joon
> > I am referring to the moment around the vertical
> > axis....I agree that he weight should be placed as
> > low as possible for our purposes....drag racers may
> > want it a bit higher for weight transfer. My opinion
> > is that weight that needs to be added should be
> > added near the ends of the chassis. This changes the
> > CG with the minimum amount of added weight and
> > increases the moment which helps to resist spinning.
> > 
> > Glenn
> 
> 
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  "Sparky"
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