[Land-speed] YAW Control

drmayf drmayf at mayfco.com
Sat Dec 20 10:46:49 MST 2008


Short cars are far worse. Becasue of the short wheel base, a short car 
has moved some distance before the driver can react.

mayf
Bryan Savage wrote:

>
> You're right Keith --- for normal cars.
>
> I was thinking about Streamliners and some have been built with the 
> driver just
> behind the front axle. In a 30 foot long car, this doesn't give the 
> driver's butt much
> yaw feed back.
>
> How well the drivers butt has been trained is, in my opinion, 
> critical. Drivers whose
> experience includes Saturday night at the Fairgrounds dirt track stand 
> out in their
> ability to handle spin prone cars.
>
>
> Bryan
>
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> Keith Turk wrote:
>
>> Mayf... wierd as this might sound... oh and obnoxious.. most of us 
>> just... ahhh DRIVE...seriously... your butt will tell you everything 
>> you need to know... if your butt is going left, turn that way.... 
>> same thing for the right only different... if your butt is going 
>> right.... Turn RIGHT... ( not left... see  I told ya it was different )
>>
>> Seroiusly... it's your job in the few minutes we get on the salt each 
>> year... the rest of it is a pure mechanical exercise ...
>>
>> Keith


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