On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> Making a pointy car does not do as much for aerodynamics as making a pointy > REAR. THink tear-drop Anything that lets the disturbed air to re-combine > smoother greatly improves aerodynamics. bob All true of course, but aero is not the reason for building a pointy-front three wheel (or narrow-track four) racer. *All* of the roll resistance comes from the wide-track end of the car, so that's the end that gets loose in cornering. Do you want understeer or oversteer? Racers prefer the latter, which leads to a wide-track rear. The main disadvantage is braking into a turn, which has a stronger tendency to lift the inside rear wheel. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20151011/cf6d34e3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
