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8th July 2017, 17:44 #191
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20th July 2017, 15:10 #192
Quick question about driving technique.....
The announcers on WRC Plus said that before a driver jumps they dab the brakes to get the nose to stay down. Truth?
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20th July 2017, 15:12 #193
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yes at highspeed jumps.
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20th July 2017, 15:22 #194
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20th July 2017, 15:23 #195
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20th July 2017, 15:53 #196
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20th July 2017, 15:57 #197
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And of course, apart from the above stated issues with unsettling the cars over the jumps, you also have the obvious problem of not propelling the car forward as the wheels are in the air. It's a fine balancing act though, brakes before jump vs time lost in the air. Actually to put some numbers on this - at 200kph, the air drag on a current WRC car would cause around 0.2g braking and this is if the car flies straight ahead, which very often isn't the case with all sorts of pitch and yaw attitudes possible.
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20th July 2017, 16:08 #198
Wouldn't the car's natural tendency to be rotate forward anyway? So why the need to set the nose? Or, as you said, it's a balancing act......A bit of braking, a bit of throttle....Is the goal to land as quickly as possible given the braking while in the air? Fascinating. Thank you.
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20th July 2017, 17:26 #199
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20th July 2017, 17:49 #200
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TBH I dont get why some places have anti-cut devices when other identical kind of places allow huge cutting and the throwing of dirt all over the road.
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