<VV> drive wheels

[Charles Lee at Prop Per]

Weight transfer (in the extreme) is the problem when losing steering on 
acceleration ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Elliott" <corvair at fnader.com>
To: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Dave Keillor" <dkeillor at tconcepts.com>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> drive wheels


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>>I also have to disagree with Bill that "when you completely lose front
>>traction, you also lose steering. But thanks to physics, that doesn't
>>occur until quite a bit further up the speed scale." I totally lost
>>directional ability in a Citation X-11 once just pulling away from a
>>stop sign on engine torque alone! The car went straight, towards
>>oncoming traffic, but at the last moment gained enough traction to shoot
>>off towards the proper lane.
>>
> Very few people lose traction accelerating and find themselves in a 
> dangerous situation. It's much more critical to retain traction
> when slowing or coming to a stop, so my comments were based on that sort 
> of situation.
>
> If you cannot keep traction when slowly accelerating from a stop, then you 
> have the wrong tires for the situation and it really
> wouldn't make much of a difference what the drivetrain design was.
>
> Bill
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