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Re: Spin Physics

To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spin Physics
From: "Smokey" <smokey@top.monad.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 18:00:21 -0400
On 17 Sep 96 at 17:16, Silikal@aol.com wrote:

> >Does anyone know of a good reference for the physics of trailing
> >throttle oversteer? (Not, of course, that any of us has ever experienced
> >the phenomenon first hand!) I'm particularly interested in references that
> >explain TTO in terms of polar moment of inertia, slip angle, tire sidewall
> >flex, etc.


> Try Fred Puhn's "How to Make Your Car Handle" (ISBN 0-912656-46-8,
> HP Books) for a start, someone else might know if the Milliken & Milliken
> or Valkenburgh (sp?) books go into further detail.

Another source which might contain information is "The Physics of 
Racing" available at:

http://reality.sgi.com/employees/rck/PhOR/

-HTH-

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