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Car physics --More on open diffs

Dave Pollatse

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Dave Pollatse » Mon, 05 Nov 2001 02:51:01

Yup, MGI is located in bucolic Northfield (although a bunch of us live in
Minneapolis)--which explains why if you look at all the track (.trk) files
in Viper Racing, they are named things like "kenyon.trk", "bemidji.trk",
etc.  The weather's crazy now, but I'm not complaining!



Steve Garrot

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Steve Garrot » Wed, 07 Nov 2001 00:01:47

Push in the button to activate the locking diff.

:-)
SLG


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Colin Frenc

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Colin Frenc » Wed, 07 Nov 2001 02:40:42

Walk without gloves or hat in the freezing -20 C temperatures along the
railroad track that parallels the road until you find some small stones that
you can chip free and bring back to wedge under the leading edge of the
tires. Ask me how I know this. <grin>

     ...Klinn

Eldre

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Eldre » Wed, 07 Nov 2001 13:15:52



>> >>And now for a differential pop-quiz:

>> >>Rear drive car.  Stuck with one wheel on wet ice with an open diff.
>> >>Other wheel has some traction, but of course you are not moving...
>> >>What do you do to get the car to move?

>Walk without gloves or hat in the freezing -20 C temperatures along the
>railroad track that parallels the road until you find some small stones that
>you can chip free and bring back to wedge under the leading edge of the
>tires. Ask me how I know this. <grin>

Ooh, THAT sucks....

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Stephen Ferguso

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Stephen Ferguso » Wed, 07 Nov 2001 17:10:15


Too bad the handbrake answer didn't come up earlier :-)

Stephen

Colin Frenc

Car physics --More on open diffs

by Colin Frenc » Thu, 08 Nov 2001 02:21:05


...heh-heh, quite true, although I don't think it would have helped in my
case - *both* rear wheels were on a glass-smooth sheet of ice.

        ...Klinn


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