Hi Ross, Yep its a great corner isnt it :) I used the RH lane (therefore the outside lane for the LH entry, and inside for the actual RH sweeper) because I needed to evaluate something at the highest lateral acceleration.
Andrew > Very interesting > > That is my favourite corner on the way to work, i love passing > people around the outside then nailing it up onto the freeway. > > Did you use the outside lane of the inside lane?? > > > ---------- > > From: David Andrews > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 15:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: 1600 measured cornering performance... > > > > Not bad at all considering a stock R34 is only good to 0.94G (if i > > remember correctly). > > What tyres? > > Camber? > > > > What is the X-axis in? Seconds? > > Is positive red (lateral) outwards on the corner? As in when you go in > > the car accelerates as the car rolls/shifts weight to the outer wheels, > > then accelerates back as it stabilises: hence the wave in the lateral. > > > > Keen to know more, > > > > Dave > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > On 11/12/02, 2:31:18 PM, "Andrew Greenbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > regarding 1600 measured cornering performance...: > > > > > > > hi List, > > > > > For part of my work the other day I had to hook up a data aquisition > > > system to my road 1600 to evaluate a sensor during cornering, so I > > > thought I'd share some of the results if anyone was interested > > > (screen dumps at): > > > http://opax.swin.edu.au/~185404/data/ > > > > > For Melbourne listers, the corner in question is the Mitcham end > > > entrance to the Eastern Fwy - a smooth constant radius (of about > > > 30m) 180 degree right hand turn. > > > > > In the top screen, the red trace is lateral (cornering) acceleration, > > > blue is longnitudinal (forward/braking) acceleration, and the green is > > > vertical. The bottom screen is speed. > > > > > As can be seen, the little 510 reached ~0.9G cornering > > > acceleration, while still remaining very balanced. For comparison, a > > > V8Supercar reaches ~1.5G, and Phil Morriss's FJ24 racecar > > > generated ~1.2G at Robroy hillclimb. > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrew > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@;datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
