laserman said:
GravityX said:
WOW!!!!!
Is it pushing the envelope in this photo, or does it go up on three wheels like that thru every turn?
You must be one heck of a mechanic Paul!
Cool stuff!
Joe,
Thanks! It was fairly common place when the car is hooked to the track as hard as this one is and to pull the inside wheel like this. It was more than we would like to see, at least from the drivers perspective, when we ran. Fans on the other hand, loved it! Makes for an impressive picture. The driver only wanted to see the inside wheel just dancing off the track surface, it's what he liked and we set the car up that way.
BTW, this car is only representative of what I worked on and not this car. It's a randomly selected picture. We did run that Bicknell chassis like the one shown here.
It's been nearly 20 years, since I've had to analyze the car mechanics shown here. But I would say this car has reached the apex of the turn and is accelerating out of it. The RR is planted hard and has a ton of traction to help this car corner and gain traction out of the corner. Many factors involved to create this extreme amount of weight transfer. Tire pressure, spring weights, wheel offset, shocks, tire compound, torsion bar, chassis, gearing, etc... Keeping records was a huge benefit to going fast in this sport and the same goes for this hobby. Keep records boys!