OHHH!!!! THERE GOES THAT PAIN AGAIN!!!Stan Pope wrote:Which part of the axle touches the wheel bore with the most force as the car sits at the starting gate?mbb wrote:Thats how we do it mostly. axles are not round, they are oval as you approach head. so turning producess effects
... as the car is rolling a few inches past the gate?
... as the car rolls on the flat?
Not always the same, right? Maybe 30 degrees around the axle?
Does that mean that the car steers differently on the slope than on the flat?
Can you make use of that difference? Or does the difference hurt you?
As usual, great questions raised Stan!! More to think about!!!
Could that have something to do about our cars always being slow on the ramp and "accelerating" on the flat?? Possible increased steering into the rail on the ramp, since the alignment is done on a flat surface and higher speed testing is only done with a 5° (?) slope. I'm sure there are many other factors (too many!!) but that's something else to think about!