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Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

07-04-2011, 12:43 AM

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Sticky: How To Brake?

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Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

I've also used the "string theory" with students to good effect, but I quite like your phrasing of "releasing traction." It's a good image that gets the point across really well." I'll make sure to...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-11-2011, 12:01 PM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

Hey, if I could make a living from any kind of driving instruction I would! :p

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-08-2011, 09:58 PM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

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Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

NickW, could you comment on the difference between driving karts and cars. It seems that a lot of your racing experience is in karts, but in limited experience with serious karts I found them to be...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-08-2011, 09:50 PM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

Wow, what a fun looking track with some challenging turns and lots of elevation change. Too bad it's so far from CA!

IMHO the guy lost it primarily because of the brow he was going with too much...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-08-2011, 09:24 AM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

You bring up a very important point which I often discuss with track newbies. I usually hear them excitedly exclaim that they were driving on the limit. I point out that "the limit" isn't a fixed...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-08-2011, 09:10 AM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

I think this is a truly excellent question!

The point of my previous post, which I didn't manage to state very clearly, is as follows: the car being a dynamic system of the spring/mass/damper...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

06-02-2011, 12:03 AM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

Here is a theory:

I've recently perused a PDF about the physics of racing, and while it gets a little too involved in the equations for my (MIT educated) brain, it does have some interesting...

Forum: AutoX, DE and Racing Discussions

05-13-2011, 11:46 PM

Replies: 69

Sticky: How To Brake?

Views: 287,228

Posted By csmarx

Re: How To Brake?

I'm with Peter Krause. From memory it was Sir Stirling Moss who said that the hardest thing he had to learn in racing was how to take his foot of the brake. Focusing on that certainly helped me...

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