Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
09-06-2011, 01:28 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
You're killing me, not being on track is killing me, I am going to forget how to drive and go back to blue group :( In short, no I am not planning :(
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
09-06-2011, 12:43 PM
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-14-2011, 09:21 AM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Yep, that's the take away I guess. Also, not overslowing for the turn ;) this is in a way quantifies what may be called "smooth"
I don't know what the heck I was doing in May; if someone told me...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 46
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
So, here is the Turn 10 data, comparing May vs. June:
http://www.gt2gt3cup.org/picture.php?albumid=48&pictureid=391
Stats (typical on majority of laps):
June lap turns in 85.8 ft earlier, or...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 179,332
Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Ahh, I wasn't aware it is just the south course :( Yes, I have to meet with PMNA and PCNA crew during the labor day weekend.
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 10:16 AM
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Views: 179,332
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 179,332
Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Very true; hence if you employ your T3 technique to T10, "brushing" the brakes as you put it previously, the car then feels significantly more settled and you just "trust the grip" as Patrick Long...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 46
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
That's a big difference, nearly 1 sec, and that's what I am just figuring out or being conscious about it. :)
Yep, that how I felt and just had to find a way to get to the track, thankfully I...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 10:02 AM
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 179,332
Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Look at the positioning of that picture, for you to be at that point in which you see the start of the curbing you MUST have turned in before actually seeing it, no? I am, now, at a similar position...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 09:44 AM
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Replies: 46
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Yes that is exactly what I was doing and I found out that is too late ;) Now I turn in before seeing the curb at all, which results in less steering angle and I actually started getting on the curb,...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 09:42 AM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
I certainly needed these sessions to "feel" the car rather than just drive or over-drive it as I did during the FSR event.
I use the term "slip time" to identify a corner or a series of corners,...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 46
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Yes I got videos, but I have been looking at data and haven't had the chance to edit and overlay data to post, darn process takes 4-5 hours :(
I had some late revelations at T10. I kept running as...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-13-2011, 09:15 AM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Good question. My take away thus far, although seems obvious in some ways, is both braking techniques are valid and dependent on the corner.
For T3 @ VIR (IMHO):
it is more important to use...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-12-2011, 06:33 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
To end the aggony, I had to visit VIR once again, so I went for a day during the Marque Madness event Mercedes, BMW and Audi clubs organize last Friday. I had plans to test various theories we...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-06-2011, 11:01 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Here is my only video from the last FSR event. The data is also quite revealing, but also generates new questions for me, just quite interesting for me. The short of it, I think it is much more...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-06-2011, 03:52 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
I should have been clearer, avg. speed at the apex, not lowest or avg. through the whole turn. That is good that I guess we are at normal speeds, but I haven't figured out the 20-25 mph difference...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-06-2011, 03:21 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
Those are great comparative pics and you are right. However, I am not yet convinced that the steering input difference is the sole source of being 20-25 mph slower through a turn that is actually...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-06-2011, 02:08 PM
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
I don't think the track is wider at T10, at least not that I can tell from the drawings, but it has slightly larger radius which may be giving us the illusion that it is wider.
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-06-2011, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 46
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Re: I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
As a matter of fact, I agree with your comments. T10 at VIR has an arc of 315 degrees and radius of 185, T3 at VIR has an arc of 280 deg. and radius of 140. I could not find the planimetric drawings...
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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions
06-05-2011, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 46
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I Am Agonizing T3 at VIR...
The analytical part of me gets me crazy sometimes, can't help it. It's been two weeks since we came back from VIR, and T3 just bothers the heck out of me. Here is the question I have for anyone that...
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