D is the standard (daylight between DFW and Rail) Logic (mine) would tell me that the fastest would be daylight between the Non DFW and the rail?? No friction for a longer time?? Or am I missing something?
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I can see where logic would suggest that to you, but logic goes out the window in PWD the minute you get a track to test on. While a lot of basic physics stuff is pretty easy to rely on, MUCH of the more subtle things turn out to be counterintuitive.
For me, razor wheel cars seem to like being very close to that 'just daylight' region, while the big wheel cars like a more comfortable space. Not sure if that is true for the majority, but it's true for my cars.
For me, razor wheel cars seem to like being very close to that 'just daylight' region, while the big wheel cars like a more comfortable space. Not sure if that is true for the majority, but it's true for my cars.
Think about this Ice. If you stage with daylight between the NDFW and the rail, the car has to travel a longer distance to get to the finish line because it has to drive across the track farther as it goes down the track. If the tradeoff in lower rolling friction exceeds the time added by the longer distance......then you get a boost, otherwise it's slower. And does it upset the car when it comes to the rail at the slightly higher speed or not? And do you need to stage it with the rears centered or offset to match the fronts or opposite of the fronts? Every car is different. Give it what it wants! lol!
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You know when a fan is broken but humming?
If you reach a straw in and give it a push it gets rolling and keeps going.
My buddy told me that the hardest work on the motor is just getting things rolling at first.
After that the motor needs very little energy to keep spinning.
If you reach a straw in and give it a push it gets rolling and keeps going.
My buddy told me that the hardest work on the motor is just getting things rolling at first.
After that the motor needs very little energy to keep spinning.
laserman said:
The first foot of the track is the slowest for sure.
When I used to drag race, whatever time we could improve in the 60ft time would be worth 3x's in the 1/4 mile time.
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