Does it work on Caterhams on race tracks?
An explanation of forced understeer:
During the braking phase on corner entry, the front tires are turned inwards to near (or maybe just past) the maximum slip angle for the tires. If the rear end starts to slide, the cars rotation increases the front tires slip angle beyond the maximum grip angle, reducing front grip, in turn reducing weight transfer to the front, reducing front grip even a bit more, so the result is a 4 wheel drift instead of a spin.
I've made a video from a game showing a very exagerrated case of this: forced understeer demo. It's also been reported that the real drivers of the cars of the 1967 F1 cars also used this method for corner entry (Jim Clark stated that he also used forced understeer to recover from spins, turn the wheel inwards, and brake hard to wash out the front end). (Note, never brake while countersteering during oversteer, it just makes the spin worse.).
Has anyone ever tried this method of corner entry with the Caterham? General idea is that this shold work with most rearward weight bias cars (at least ones without a lot of downforce).[/url]
An explanation of forced understeer:
During the braking phase on corner entry, the front tires are turned inwards to near (or maybe just past) the maximum slip angle for the tires. If the rear end starts to slide, the cars rotation increases the front tires slip angle beyond the maximum grip angle, reducing front grip, in turn reducing weight transfer to the front, reducing front grip even a bit more, so the result is a 4 wheel drift instead of a spin.
I've made a video from a game showing a very exagerrated case of this: forced understeer demo. It's also been reported that the real drivers of the cars of the 1967 F1 cars also used this method for corner entry (Jim Clark stated that he also used forced understeer to recover from spins, turn the wheel inwards, and brake hard to wash out the front end). (Note, never brake while countersteering during oversteer, it just makes the spin worse.).
Has anyone ever tried this method of corner entry with the Caterham? General idea is that this shold work with most rearward weight bias cars (at least ones without a lot of downforce).[/url]
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