*real* R/C car

[adam.garside@uk.ibm.com (Adam J Garside)]

When you say "pushed" I think you mean understeer, when the front wheels
lose grip, this mainly happens in FWD cars.
Oversteer is when the rear wheels lose grip, this is a trait of most RWD
cars.
It's usually difficult to lose the back end in a FWD car under normal
conditions. When it does happen it's usually due to lifting off the
throttle mid-corner (due to weight transfer from rear wheels), bad tyres at
the rear or application of the handbrake mid corner ;-)

Adam,
'92 Scala 1800 Injection (Understeer machine)
'88 325i  (Perfect Oversteer Machine)
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                      Dan Smith                                                                                                         
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My rocc handled like poop. Well, it handled good but I couldn't toss it
around. It just pushed (oversteer I think is the term). Couldn't make it
fishtail in snow or get the back end to swing. It was stock and I'm
guessing it had to do with the fact that all the weight in the car was in
the front.


Dan


 "Tyler P." <ty@festf.org> wrote:
 I've always called them J-turns and I can do them pretty well in my
 scirocco.  On wet roads that is...



 I practice it a lot though and my only problem is going from reverse to
 first quickly because where reverse and first are in our cars its hard to
 change quickly.  Much easier when reverse is below 5th on the h pattern.
       -----Original Message-----
       From: VeeWdriver@aol.com [mailto:VeeWdriver@aol.com]
       Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:39 PM
       To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
       Subject: Re: *real* R/C car

       In a message dated 04/01/2003 2:16:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
       veedublu@prod.net writes:


       > Walk up to any driving enthusiast over 25 and ask him what a Bond
       turn is...
       > you will most likely get a blank stare.  Then mention a Rockford
       and watch
       > his (or her) eyes light up in recognition...   don't even have to
       say
       > Rockford turn, just Rockford will suffice


       Our driving instructors officially called it a "J-Turn", but out on
       the track they all referred to it as a "Rockford".


       Tom in Tucson
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