RE: Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane?

[hugoagogo]

calumcousins said:

r5gttgaz said:

hugoagogo said:

could you control it off the throttle, like on a dirt bike?

Depends how the 4wd works in the air I suppose.

Nah, surely not. On a bike, its the weight generated/lost by spinning up or stopping the individual wheels (centrifugal force, and all that) that makes the bike move around - but remember a bike + rider weighs fap all compared to a scooby + bloke with massive nuts!

generating and losing weight eh?

not simple torque reaction? engine turning wheel thataway is equally turning the car thisaway innit

[anonymous-user]

You can control a rally cars trajectory using the throttle and brakes in flight, basic gyroscopics in action. Colin McRae in his pedal to the Metal video explains how he does it.

[flattotheboards]

171ft

[stuthemong]

if you ever watch nitro remote control cars jumping you see some serious throttle->pitch effect. In fact, off a ramp you can make the car pitch forward sort of 45 degrees, then counteract that, and make it do a full backflip - REVERSING the direction of roation in the air. One imagines that the size+mass of wheels on a nitro car are that much more significant than on a 1:1 scale car, but the principle will still hold

in fact, i youtubed it, you can see a few guys pull it offf in this, but they arent very good

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NAB_L_nZm30

[izza]

hmm when did this jump happen?
Kenny was out here in NZ competing the National Rally Championship earlier in the year.

All (?) our ski-fields have been closed for a few weeks now?