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Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:07:06 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Henry Chea writes:
> From personal experience, if this LSD were in a real car, the car would
> be undriveable at higher speeds in turns--there would be more oversteer
> than one could control.
Shouldn't that be understeer? If the inner wheel is provideing a force,
surely that would cause the nose of the car to veer outwards rather than
inwards.
Steve
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 | | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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| (...) In the case of a RWD car with a *stiff* LSD in the rear, the inner wheel is always slipping a little bit whether on the throttle or brakes or nothing.. Considering that the highest amount of grip is typically at a 15% slip angle, it is not (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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| (...) It works extremely well actually. It is easy to push the car when it is going straight, but as you turn the steering wheel, you can feel the gradual tug of the LSD working as the car goes into a tighter turn. On grippy surfaces like linolium (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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