adnoh wrote:
Thanks, so as you say load forcing it to turn.
Is that to say as the weight transfered and the way the steering wheel feels in relation to that load.
Could this be in part to the type of suspension on the ody versus the pilot. Would this have an effect on torsional stiffness? Hope I used the right word, if not sorry.
What would your opinion be on this if it was an a- arm design versurs the ody design, double trailing arm.
Wonder what the effect the two would have based on similar load in way of bind. If the tire is in the air then would it zero for traction force. So no way for it to aid in pulling the car around.
Would this also aid in overloading the outside tire reduceing it's available traction as well.
Would that help explain the feeling in the wheel.
As a driver how would one combat this as it goes into undesteer/ push. Again hopefully used the correct words.
I am not sure how to explain it properly.
To answer your first part, it's the feel you get in your bum and through the steering as the weight shifts. You can "feel" the car "load". You don't want the car to "load" up so heavy that it breaks loose or scrubs off all your corner speed. That's what I mean by chassis bind.
You want to "load up" the chassis without "binding" it and causing it to loose corner speed or go into a push or oversteer. This is why taking the correct line through a corner is so important.
Obviously your suspension design would make a huge difference in cornering.
Not really sure how to explain this chassis bind any other way.
I think there are three types of turns. If I remember right a type 1 turn is a turn that leads onto a straight. This is the most important one as you want to carry as much speed through it as you can so that you get max straightaway speed. Type 2 is a sacrifice corner where you give up speed to get a correct line into the next more important corner. Type 3 is a corner at the end of the straight. This one is important if it leads to another straightaway. If it leads to another Type 2 corner then you try to be the king of the late breakers and can "bind" the chassis. "Binding" the chassis is never a desirable thing to do because it causes you to lose speed.