Vehicle dynamics explained!

Bob Putnam · #1 (**permalink**) 06-25-2002, 08:31 AM

This site may be a bit too mathematically oriented for some, but it's got a lot of solid engineering.

The Physics of Racing

Guaranteed to take 3 seconds off your lap times!

bmalone · #2 (**permalink**) 06-25-2002, 09:59 AM

Thanks Bob, that is good reading. Got a couple of hours to go.

jrussell · #3 (**permalink**) 06-25-2002, 11:06 AM

Bob,
I think this is a pretty cool link! I started reading, got halfway through part #2, then decided to print the whole thing so I could read & hopefully absorb it a bit later.
Re-visiting Physics equations after 30+ years is an interesting experience, and I only wish some of my old Professors had used the car as a basis for some of their lectures- which most of us slept through!
Thanks fo this,
John Russell

Excaliber · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2002, 11:13 AM

Excellent stuff! Thanks for the post! I need a mantra to repeat this to myself while racing. It is easy to read it and talk about it, it is so hard to do it in the "heat of battle".
Ernie

Back in Black · #5 (**permalink**) 08-15-2002, 11:20 AM

Certainly worth absorption !

Ken Oikawa · #6 (**permalink**) 08-15-2002, 12:58 PM

Bob

Thanks for the link. I've book marked it for future reference.