well it WAS a nice car.... (what happend ????)
09-06-2003, 11:47 AM
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well it WAS a nice car.... (what happend ????)
This is *NOT* another "tell me your crash!" just trying to figure out my own crash.
I've got this car I built, really fast with a 6 cell pack!
so yesterday I decided to build a 7cell pack....
WOW!!! MUCH faster! so fast infact the car actually lifted off the ground!!!!!
now I'm trying to figure out how this happend.
underneth the car is flat and drilled full of lightning holes, so there doesn't seem to be anyway for air to grab hold of it.
so there it is, doing about 47MPH, suddenly it leaves the ground...does about 4 flips and lands on the neighbers lawn!!!
ruined the once nice BoLINK digger body I painted and split two bolt holes off the left rear hub!!!
I thought maybe I hit the water cap in the street but I crashed BEFORE getting near it, and there no other bumps in the street, could a LEAF have caused it??
I've got this car I built, really fast with a 6 cell pack!
so yesterday I decided to build a 7cell pack....
WOW!!! MUCH faster! so fast infact the car actually lifted off the ground!!!!!
now I'm trying to figure out how this happend.
underneth the car is flat and drilled full of lightning holes, so there doesn't seem to be anyway for air to grab hold of it.
so there it is, doing about 47MPH, suddenly it leaves the ground...does about 4 flips and lands on the neighbers lawn!!!
ruined the once nice BoLINK digger body I painted and split two bolt holes off the left rear hub!!!
I thought maybe I hit the water cap in the street but I crashed BEFORE getting near it, and there no other bumps in the street, could a LEAF have caused it??
09-06-2003, 02:15 PM
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To bugged:
I don't know what your body shape is like, but you could have suffered lift at speed, just like the real cars do.
The lift doesn't come from underneath, but as the air flows over the top and down the back. You can counter this with a spoiler.
Just check out some real racecar spoilers and make one up using some sheet lexan, taping it in place for your test.
Looks like you're going fast enough now, that you need some downforce. Congratulations!
The lift doesn't come from underneath, but as the air flows over the top and down the back. You can counter this with a spoiler.
Just check out some real racecar spoilers and make one up using some sheet lexan, taping it in place for your test.
Looks like you're going fast enough now, that you need some downforce. Congratulations!
09-06-2003, 05:10 PM
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well it WAS a nice car.... (what happend ????)
like that 100mph car video readily avaliable on the net.
the car is speeding down a runway then just takes off flips through air lots bounces and lands up correct way.
the car is speeding down a runway then just takes off flips through air lots bounces and lands up correct way.
